Hyporheic exchange and water chemistry of two arctic tundra streams of contrasting geomorphology

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Greenwald, Morgan J ^a   Bowden, William B ^a   Gooseff, Michael N ^b   Zametske, Jay P ^c   McNamara, James P ^d   Bradford, John H ^d   Brosten, Troy R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; HYPORHEIC ZONE; STREAM BED; TUNDRA; WATER CHEMISTRY;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH SLOPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51449097315     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JG000549     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Askew, E. F., and R. Smith (2005), Inorganic nonmetallic constituents, in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, edited by A. D. Eaton et al., 123 pp., Port City Press, Baltimore, Md.
2. Baird, R. B. (2005), Aggregate organic constituents, in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, edited by A. D. Eaton et al., 23 pp., Port City Press, Baltimore, Md.
3. Baxter, C., F. R. Hauer, and W. W. Woessner (2003), Measuring groundwater-stream water exchange: New techniques for installing minipiezometers and estimating hydraulic conductivity Trans. Am. Fish. Soc., 132, 493-502, doi:10.1577/ 1548-8659(2003)132<0493:MGWENT>2.0.CO;2.
4. Bencala, K. E., R. E. Rathbun, A. P. Jackman, V. C. Kennedy, G. W. Zellweger, and R. J. Avanzino (1983), Rhodamine WT dye losses in a mountain stream environment, J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc., 19, 943-950, doi:10.1111/j.1752-1688.1983.tb05944.x.
5. Bradford, J. H., J. P. McNamara, W. B. Bowden, and M. N. Gooseff (2005), Measuring thaw depth beneath peat-lined arctic streams using ground-penetrating radar, Hydrol. Processes, 19, 2689-2699, doi:10.1002/hyp.5781.
6. Brosten, T. R., J. H. Bradford, J. P. McNamara, J. P. Zametske, M. N. Gooseff, and W. B. Bowden (2006), Profiles of temporal thaw depths beneath two arctic stream types using ground-penetrating radar, Permafrost Periglacial Processes, 17, 341-355, doi:10.1002 /ppp.566.
7. Craig, P. C., and P. J. McCart (1975), Classification of stream types in Beaufort Sea drainages between Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, and the Mackenzie Delta, N.W.T., Canada, Arct. Alp. Res., 7, 183-198, doi:10.2307/ 1550320.
8. D'Angelo, D. J., J. R. Webster, S. V. Gregory, and J. L. Meyer (1993), Transient storage in Appalachian and Cascade mountain streams as related to hydraulic characteristics, J.N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 12, 223-235, doi:10.2307/1467457.
9. Dent, C. L., N. B. Grimm, and S. G. Fisher (2001), Multiscale effects of surface-subsurface exchange on stream nutrient concentrations, J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 20, 162-181, doi:10.2307/1468313.
10. Dierberg, F. E., and T. A. DeBusk (2005), An evaluation of two tracers in surface-flow wetlands: Rhodamine-WT and lithium, Wetlands, 25, 8-25, doi:10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0008:AEOTTI]2.0.CO;2.
11. Edwardson, K. J., W. B. Bowden, C. Dahm, and J. Morrice (2003), The hydraulic characteristics and geochemistry of hyporheic and parafluvial zones in Arctic tundra streams, North Slope, Alaska, Adv. Water Resour., 26, 907-923, doi:10.1016/S0309-1708(03)00078-2.
12. Fellows, C. S., H. M. Valett, and C. N. Dahm (2001), Whole-stream metabolism in two montane streams: Contribution of the hyporheic zone, Limnol. Oceanogr, 46, 523-531.
13. Gooseff, M. N., S. M. Wondzell, R. Haggerty, and J. Anderson (2003a), Comparing transient storage modeling and residence time distribution (RTD) analysis in geomorphically varied reaches in the Lookout Creek Basin, Oregon, USA, Adv. Water Resour., 26, 925-937, doi:10.1016/ S0309-1708(03)00105-2.
14. Gooseff, M. N., D. M. McKnight R. L. Runkel, and B. H. Vaughn (2003b), Determining long time-scale hydrologic flow paths in Antarctic streams, Hydrol. Processes, 17, 1691-1710, doi:10.1002/hyp.1210.
15. Gooseff, M. N., R. O. Hall, and J. L. Tank (2007), Relating transient storage to channel complexity in streams of varying land use in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Water Resour. Res., 43, W01417, doi:10.1029/ 2005WR004626.
16. Grimm, N. B., and S. G. Fisher (1984), Exchange between interstitial and surface water: Implications for stream metabolism and nutrient cycling, Hydrobiologia, 111, 219-228, doi:10.1007/BF00007202.
17. Haggerty, R., S. A. McKenna, and L. C. Miegs (2000), On the late-time behavior of tracer test breakthrough curves, Water Resour. Res., 36, 3467-3479, doi:10.1029/2000WR900214.
18. Harvey, J. W., and K. E. Bencala (1993), The effect of streambed topography on surface-subsurface exchange in mountain catchments, Water Resour Res., 29, 89-98, doi:10.1029/92WR01960.
19. Harvey, J. W., M. H. Conklin, and R. S. Koelsch (2003), Predicting changes in hydrologic retention in an evolving semi-arid alluvial stream, Adv. Water Resour., 26, 939-950, doi:10.1016/ S0309-1708(03)00085-X.
20. Hinzman, L. D., D. L. Kane, R. E. Gieck, and K. R. Everett (1991), Hydrologic and thermal properties of the active layer in the Alaskan Arctic, Cold Reg. Sci. Technol., 19, 95-110, doi:10.1016/ 0165-232X(91)90001-W.
21. Hobbie, J. E., B. J. Peterson, N. Bettez, L. Deegan, W. J. O'Brien, G. W. Kling, G. W. Kipphut, W. B. Bowden, and A. E. Hershey (1999), Impact of global change on the biogeochemistry and ecology of an Arctic freshwater system, Polar Res., 18, 207-214, doi:10.1111/ j.1751-8369.1999.tb00295.x.
22. Holmes, R. M., A. Aminot, R. Kérouel, B. A. Hooker, and B. J. Peterson (1999), A simple and precise method for measuring ammonium in marine and freshwater ecosystems, Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci., 56, 1801-1808, doi:10.1139/cjfas-56-10-1801.
23. Kasahara, T., and S. M. Wondzell (2003), Geomorphic controls on hyporheic exchange flow in mountain streams, Water Resour. Rex., 39(1), 1005,doi:10.1029/2002WR001386.
24. Kling, G. W., G. W. Kipphut, M. M. Miller, and W. J. O'Brien (2000), Integration of lakes and streams in a landscape perspective: the importance of material processing on spatial patterns and temporal coherence, Freshwater Biol., 43, 477-497, doi:10.1046/ j.1365-2427.2000.00515.x.
25. McKnight, D. M., D. K. Niyogi, A. S. Alger, A. Bomblies, P. A. Conovitz, and C. M. Tate (1999), Dry valley streams in Antarctica: Ecosystems waiting for water, Bioscience, 49, 985-995, doi:10.2307/1313732.
26. McNamara, J. P., D. L. Kane, J. Hobbie, and G. W. Kling (2008), Hydrologic and biogeochemical controls on the spatial and temporal patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus in the Kuparuk River, arctic Alaska, Hydrol. Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.6920, in press.
27. Morrice, J. A., H. M. Valett, C. N. Dahm, and M. E. Campana (1997), Alluvial characteristics, groundwater-surface water exchange and hydrological retention in headwater streams, Hydrol. Processes, 11, 253-267, doi:10.1002/ (SICI)1099-1085(19970315)11:3<253::AID-HYP439>3.0. CO;2-J.
28. Naegeli, W. M., and U. Uehlinger (1997), Contribution of the hyporheic zone to ecosystem metabolism in a prealpine gravel-bed river, J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 16, 794-804, doi:10.2307/1468172.
29. Pepin, D. M., and F. R. Hauer (2002), Benthic responses to groundwater-surface water exchange in 2 alluvial rivers in northwestern Montana, J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 21, 370-383, doi:10.2307 /1468476.
30. Peterson, B. J., L. Deegan, J. Helfrich, J. E. Hobbie, and M. Hullar (1993), Biological responses of a tundra river to fertilization, Ecology, 74, 653-672, doi:10.2307/1940794.
31. Peterson, B. J., et al. (2001), Control of nitrogen export from watersheds by headwater streams, Science, 292, 86-90, doi:10.1126/ science.1056874.
32. Slavik, K., B. J. Peterson, L. A. Deegan, W. B. Bowden, A. E. Hershey, and J. E. Hobbie (2004), Long-term responses of the Kuparuk River ecosystem to phosphorus fertilization, Ecology, 85, 939-954, doi:10.1890/02-4039.
33. Storey, R. G., K. W. F. Howard, and D. D. Williams (2003), Factors controlling riffle-scale exchange flows and their seasonal changes in a gaining stream: A three- dimensional groundwater flow model, Water Resour. Res., 39(2), 1034, doi:10.1029/2002WR001367.
34. Triska, F. J., V. C. Kennedy, R. J. Avanzino, G. W. Zellweger, and K. E. Bencala (1989), Retention and transport of nutrients in a third-order stream in northwestern California: Hyporheic processes, Ecology, 70, 1893-1905, doi:10.2307/1938120.
35. Valett, H. M., S. G. Fisher, and E. H. Stanley (1990), Physical and chemical characteristics of the hyporheic zone of a Sonoran desert stream, J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc., 9, 201-215, doi:10.2307/1467584.
36. Valett, H. M., S. G. Fisher, N. B. Grimm, and P. Camill (1994), Vertical hydrologic exchange and ecological stability of a desert stream ecosystem, Ecology, 75, 548-560, doi:10.2307/1939557.
37. Wollheim, M. W., B. J. Peterson, L. A. Deegan, J. E. Hobbie, B. Hooker, W. B. Bowden, K. J. Edwardson, D. B. Arscott, A. E. Hershey, and J. Finlay (2001), Influence of stream size on ammonium and suspended particulate nitrogen processing, Limnol. Oceanogr., 46, 1-13.
38. Wroblicky, J. R., M. E. Campana, H. M. Valett, and C. N. Dahm (1998), Seasonal variation in surface-subsurface water exchange and lateral hyporheic area of two stream-aquifer systems, Water Resour Res., 34, 317-328.
39. Zarnetske, J. P., M. N. Gooseff, T. R. Brosten, J. H. Bradford, J. P. McNamara, and W. B. Bowden (2007), Transient storage as a function of geomorphology, discharge, and permafrost active layer conditions in Arctic tundra streams, Water Resour Res., 43, W07410, doi:10.1029/ 2005WR004816.
40. Zarnetske, J. P., M. N. Gooseff, W. B. Bowden, M. J. Greenwald, T. R. Brosten, J. H. Bradford, and J. P. McNamara (2008), Influence of morphology and permafrost dynamics on hyporheic exchange in arctic head-water streams under warming climate conditions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L02501, doi:10.1029/2007GL032049.