Surface Water-Groundwater Exchange Processes and Fluvial Ecosystem Function: An Analysis of Temporal and Spatial Scale Dependency

Hydroecology and Ecohydrology: Past, Present and Future

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 93-111

  Breil, Pascal ^a   Grimm, Nancy B ^b   Vervier, Philippe ^c  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Biological and anthropogenic influences; Cross continental comparison; Ecological and hydrologic perspectives; Fluvial hydrosystems; Geomorphic and hydrologic features; Hyporheic corridor; River riparian upland ecotone; Space and time scales range; Surface and groundwater (SGW); Water fluxes and linked material exchanges

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889296985     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470010198.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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