Modelling impacts of land cover change on critical water resources in the Motueka River Catchment, New Zealand

Water Resources Management

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-151

  Cao, Wenzhi ^a   Bowden, William B ^b   Davie, Tim ^c   Fenemor, Andrew ^d  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hydrological impacts; Land use cover change; Low flow; Soil water assessment tool

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; UNDERWATER SOILS;

ANNUAL WATER BALANCES; BASE FLOWS; COMMERCIAL REFORESTATIONS; FLOW CHARACTERISTICS; HUMAN INTERVENTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS; LAND COVERS; LAND USE/COVER CHANGE; LOW FLOW; NEW ZEALAND; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RIVER CATCHMENTS; SOIL AND WATER ASSESSMENT TOOLS; SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; STREAM HABITATS; WATER ABSTRACTIONS; WATER YIELDS;

RIVERS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CATCHMENT; FLOW MODELING; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LOW FLOW; REFORESTATION; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER BUDGET;

AUSTRALASIA; MOTUEKA RIVER; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TASMAN;

EID: 58149202632     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-008-9268-2     Document Type: Article

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