Use of inexpensive pressure transducers for measuring water levels in wells

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-129

  Keeland, B D ^a   Dowd, J F ^b   Hardegree, W S ^c  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data loggers; Flooding; Hydrologic regime; Hydroperiod; Pressure transducer; Water level measurements; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006222755     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008203625917     Document Type: Article

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