Microtopography as a driving mechanism for ecohydrological processes in shallow groundwater systems

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  van der Ploeg, M J ^a   Appels, W M ^a   Cirkel, D G ^b   Oosterwoud, M R ^a   Witte, J P M ^b   van der Zee, S E A T M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; DRIVING MECHANISM; ECO-HYDROLOGY; GROUND-WATER QUALITIES; HYDROLOGICAL MODELS; MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; MODELING APPROACH; ON FLOW; PLANT SPECIES; ROUGHNESS PARAMETERS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SHALLOW WATER TABLES; SIMPLE MODELING; SINGLE PARAMETER; SMALL SCALE; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL WATER; SURFACE RUNOFFS;

ECOSYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

GROUNDWATER;

BOG; ECOHYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; HYDROLOGY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; RUNOFF; SHALLOW WATER; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

EID: 84869474015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0098     Document Type: Article

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