Coupling groundwater and riparian vegetation models to assess effects of reservoir releases

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3621-3630

  Springer, Abraham E ^a   Wright, Julie M ^b   Shafroth, Patrick B ^c   Stromberg, Juliet C ^d   Patten, Duncan T ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; MODELING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); RESERVOIRS (WATER); VEGETATION;

RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 0033237272     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900233     Document Type: Article

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