Stream and bed temperature variability in a coastal headwater catchment: Influences of surface-subsurface interactions and partial-retention forest harvesting

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1238-1249

  Guenther, S M ^a   Gomi, T ^b   Moore, R D ^c  

^a Hatfield Consultants   (Canada)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed temperature; Forest harvesting; Groundwater temperature; Headwater stream; Hyporheic exchange; Stream temperature; Surface subsurface interactions

Indexed keywords

BED TEMPERATURE; FOREST HARVESTING; GROUNDWATER TEMPERATURES; HEADWATER STREAM; HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE; STREAM TEMPERATURES; SURFACE-SUBSURFACE INTERACTIONS;

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW;

HARVESTING;

CATCHMENT; COASTAL WATER; DISCHARGE; FOREST; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HARVESTING; HEADWATER; HYPORHEIC ZONE; STREAMWATER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

FORESTS; GROUND WATER; HARVESTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84891736658     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9673     Document Type: Article

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