On groundwater fluctuations, evapotranspiration, and understory removal in riparian corridors

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Martinet, Maceo C ^a   Vivoni, Enrique R ^b   Cleverly, James R ^a   Thibault, James R ^a   Schuetz, Jennifer F ^a   Dahm, Clifford N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO-LOCATED; EDDY COVARIANCE METHOD; FIELD APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER FLUCTUATION; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROGRAPHS; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL EFFECTS; MONITORING CHANGE; NEW MEXICO; RESTORATION PROJECT; RIPARIAN CORRIDORS; RIPARIAN GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOIL PROFILES; SPECIFIC YIELD; TEMPORAL PATTERN; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; WATER TABLES; WHITE METHODS;

AQUIFERS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RIVERS; SOILS; TOWERS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIEL VARIATION; EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROGRAPH; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; UNDERSTORY; WATER LEVEL; WATER TABLE;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650339980     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007152     Document Type: Article

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