Implications of hydrologic connectivity between hillslopes and riparian zones on streamflow composition

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-74

  Von Freyberg, Jana ^a,b   Radny, Dirk ^a   Gall, Heather E ^c   Schirmer, Mario ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c 229 Agricultural Engineering Building   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater surface water interaction; Hydrologic connectivity; Landscape; Mountainous catchments; Nutrient transport; Rainfall runoff response

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER - SURFACE WATER INTERACTIONS; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; LANDSCAPE; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; RAINFALL-RUNOFF RESPONSE;

GROUND WATER; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; NITROGEN;

GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAMFLOW;

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HILLSLOPE; HYDROGRAPHY; HYDROLOGIC CONNECTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; MOISTURE; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGY; SWITZERLAND; THEORETICAL MODEL;

RIETHOLZBACH; SAINT GALL [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND;

AGRICULTURE; GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RIVERS; SWITZERLAND; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84908458001     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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