Review: From multi-scale conceptualization to a classification system for inland groundwater-dependent ecosystems

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-25

  Bertrand, Guillaume ^a   Goldscheider, Nico ^b   Gobat, Jean Michel ^c   Hunkeler, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquifer biocenosis interface; Conceptual models; Ecology; Groundwater dependent ecosystem; Western Central Europe

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOHYDROLOGY; HYPORHEIC ZONE; MODELING; RECHARGE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER TABLE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84925047336     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-011-0791-5     Document Type: Review

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