Hydrologic connectivity between landscapes and streams: Transferring reach- and plot-scale understanding to the catchment scale

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Jencso, Kelsey G ^a   McGlynn, Brian L ^a   Gooseff, Michael N ^b   Wondzell, Steven M ^c   Bencala, Kenneth E ^d   Marshall, Lucy A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT SCALE; CHANNEL NETWORK; DURATION CURVE; FIRST-ORDER; FLOW DURATION CURVE; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; HILLSLOPE; HILLSLOPES; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURES; MONTANA; NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAINS; RESPONSE CHARACTERISTIC; RIPARIAN WATERS; RIPARIAN ZONES; RUNOFF CHARACTERISTICS; RUNOFF SOURCES; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW SOILS; SOIL WATER; STREAM NETWORKS; U.S. FOREST SERVICE; WATER TABLES;

AQUIFERS; FORESTRY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS;

CATCHMENTS;

CATCHMENT; CONNECTIVITY; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RUNOFF; SHALLOW SOIL; SOIL WATER; STREAM; TRANSECT; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFERS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 67649845805     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007225     Document Type: Article

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