Modelling hydrological management for the restoration of acidified floating fens

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 3973-3984

  Dekker, Stefan C ^a   Barendregt, Aat ^a   Bootsma, Margien C ^a   Schot, Paul P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecology; Floating fen; Hydrology; Model; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ACID RAIN; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATERS; TRENCHING;

ACIDIFIED FLOATING FENS; HYDROLOGICAL MANAGEMENT; WETLAND ROOT ZONES;

WETLANDS;

ACID RAIN; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF LIQUIDS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATERS; TRENCHING; WETLANDS;

BIODIVERSITY; FEN; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WATER QUALITY; WETLAND;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30744461569     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5864     Document Type: Article

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