Depth-area-volume and hydroperiod relationships of ephemeral (vernal) forest pools in Southern New England

Wetlands

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 247-255

  Brooks, Robert T ^a   Hayashi, Masaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ephemeral forest pools; Hydroperiod; Pool morphometry; Vernal pools

Indexed keywords

ECOHYDROLOGY; EPHEMERAL POOL; FAUNA; HYDROPERIOD; MORPHOMETRY; VOLUME;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345024416     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2002)022[0247:DAVAHR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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