Factors controlling surface water flow in a low-gradient subtropical wetland

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-286

  He, Guoqing ^a,b   Engel, Victor ^c   Leonard, Lynn ^d   Croft, Alex ^d   Childers, Daniel ^e   Laas, Michael ^b   Deng, Yang ^b,f   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c Everglades National Park   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Florida Everglades; Flow resistance; Restoration; Water speed; Water velocity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FLOW VELOCITY; LEVEE; NATIONAL PARK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONALITY; SUBSTRATE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SURFACE WATER; WATER DEPTH; WATER FLOW; WETLAND;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; SHARK RIVER SLOUGH; UNITED STATES;

CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 77956459202     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0022-1     Document Type: Article

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