Field Methods for Monitoring Surface/Groundwater Hydroecological Interactions in Aquatic Ecosystems

Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 147-164

  Boulton, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biochemical reactions ecohydraulics; Coarse scale hydrological techniques; Direct and indirect hydrological field methods; Groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs); Preferential flow and interstitial oxygen concentrations; Sediment water interface; Spatial and temporal scale potential mismatches identification; Surface groundwater exchanges; Surface groundwater (SGW) hydroecological interactions; Vertical hydraulic gradient

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889280635     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470010198.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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