The high hydraulic conductivity of three wooded tropical peat swamps in northeast Peru: Measurements and implications for hydrological function

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3373-3387

  Kelly, Thomas J ^a   Baird, Andy J ^a   Roucoux, Katherine H ^a   Baker, Timothy R ^a   Honorio Coronado, Eurídice N ^a,b   Ríos, Marcos ^c   Lawson, Ian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA AMAZONÍA PERUANA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Aguajal; Floristic composition; Model simulation; Ombrotrophic; Peatland; Subsurface water flow

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AGUAJAL; FLORISTIC COMPOSITIONS; MODEL SIMULATION; OMBROTROPHIC; PEATLAND; SUBSURFACE WATERS;

WETLANDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SWAMP; WATER TABLE;

LORETO; PERU; QUISTOCOCHA;

EID: 84897513200     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9884     Document Type: Article

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