Simulation model comparing the hydroperiod of temporary ponds with different shapes

Limnetica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-152

  Garmendia, Alfonso ^a   Pedrola Monfort, Joan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ephemeral wetlands; Hydrologic model; Hydroperiod; Pond shape; Temporary Mediterranean ponds; Temporary pond restoration

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPHEMERAL LAKE; EVAPORATION; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROPERIOD; MODEL TEST; POND; RAINFALL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHALLOW WATER; WATERSHED;

EID: 78549234342     PISSN: 02138409     EISSN: 19891806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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