Effects of changing forest and impervious land covers on discharge characteristics of watersheds

Environmental Management

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-98

  Wissmar, Robert C ^a   Timm, Raymond K ^a   Logsdon, Miles G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Discharge frequency; Flow regimes; Forest covers; Impervious surfaces; Normalized flow; Spatial analyses; Streams; Watersheds

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; RIVERS; WATERSHEDS;

CEDAR RIVER; LAND COVERS; POSTURBANIZATIONS;

FORESTRY;

FOREST COVER; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; LAND COVER; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; HYDROLOGY; LAND BIOME; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CEDAR RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 4344693039     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0224-5     Document Type: Article

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