Fens as whole-ecosystem gauges of groundwater recharge under climate change

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 481, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-34

  Drexler, Judith Z ^a   Knifong, Donna ^a   Tuil, JayLee ^a   Flint, Lorraine E ^a   Flint, Alan L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; Climate change; Groundwater recharge; Wetland

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS; ANNUAL MEAN; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; GROUND WATER DISCHARGE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; LONG-TERM CHANGES; MODERATE CLIMATE; MOUNTAINOUS REGIONS; NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; PEAT LAND; SAMPLE SIZES; SIERRA NEVADA; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOWPACK TELEMETRIES; STUDY SITES; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; GAGES; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEN; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MOUNTAIN REGION; PEATLAND; RECHARGE; SAMPLING;

CALIFORNIA; CASCADE RANGE; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84873253302     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.11.056     Document Type: Article

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