Recovery of headwater stream flora following the 1989-1992 groundwater drought

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-354

  Holmes, Nigel T H ^a  

^a Alconbury Environmental Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Chalk; Drought; Flow; Macrophytes; Recovery; Streams; Winterbournes

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

CATCHMENTS; HEADWATER STREAMS;

HYDROLOGY;

AQUATIC PLANT; CHALK; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; GROUNDWATER;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033611802     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19990228)13:3<341::AID-HYP742>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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