Transferability of an HGM wetland classification scheme to a longitudinal gradient of the central Appalachian Mountains: Initial hydrological results

Wetlands

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 439-449

  Cole, Charles Andrew ^a   Cirmo, Christopher P ^b   Wardrop, Denice Heller ^a   Brooks, Robert P ^a   Peterson Smith, Jessica ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Headwater floodplain; Hydrology; Pennsylvania; Riparian depression; Slope

Indexed keywords

FLOODPLAIN; HEADWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; WATER LEVEL; WATERSHED; WETLAND;

APPALACHIANS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CASTOR CANADENSIS;

EID: 55949095137     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/07-57.1     Document Type: Article

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