Hydrological heterogeneity of an alpine stream-lake network in Switzerland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 3146-3154

  Robinson, Christopher T ^a,b   Matthaei, Sebastian ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glacial; Groundwater; Hydrologic connectivity; Lake order; Landscape limnology

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAKES; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS;

HYDROLOGY;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGY; LAKES; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CONNECTIVITY; LAKE; LIMNOLOGY; STREAM CHANNEL; STREAMFLOW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ALGAE;

EID: 36148996577     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6536     Document Type: Article

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