Hydrology of Prairie Wetlands: Understanding the Integrated Surface-Water and Groundwater Processes

Wetlands

Volumn 36, Issue , 2016, Pages 237-254

  Hayashi, Masaki ^a   van der Kamp, Garth ^b   Rosenberry, Donald O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Land use; Prairie pothole; Slough; Water balance; Wetland complex

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOHYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LAND USE CHANGE; POLICY MAKING; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; WATER BUDGET; WETLAND;

PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION;

EID: 84978891189     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-016-0797-9     Document Type: Article

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