Prediction of macrophyte communities in drought-affected groundwater-fed headwater streams

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-145

  Westwood, C G ^a   Teeuw, R M ^a   Wade, P M ^b   Holmes, N T H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b RPS   (United Kingdom)

^c Alconbury Environmental Consultants   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk streams; Classification; Climate change; Drought; Macrophyte communities; Ordination; Prediction; Stream flow

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RAIN; VEGETATION;

CHALK STREAMS; HEADWATER STREAMS; MACROPHYTE COMMUNITIES;

STREAM FLOW;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RAIN; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION;

AQUATIC VEGETATION TYPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; EPHEMERAL STREAM; MACROPHYTE; STREAMFLOW;

EID: 31944450381     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5907     Document Type: Article

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