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1 online resource (xvi, 354 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Water science and technology library ; v. 52 |
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Water science and technology library ; v. 52.
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| Contents |
Geographic overview of Panama : pathway to the continents and link between the seas / Eugene J. Palka -- An introduction to the Panama Canal Watershed / Russell S. Harmon -- Light and shadows in the management of the Panama Canal Watershed / Stanley Heckadon-Moreno -- The geological development of Panama / Russell S. Harmon -- Igneous geology and geochemistry of the upper Río Chagres Basin / Gerhard Wörner [and others] -- GIS-based and stream network analysis for the upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama / David A. Kinner [and others] -- Soils of the upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama : soil character and variability in two first order drainages / J. Bruce J. Harrison [and others] -- Hydrology of hillslope soils in the upper Río Chagres Watershed, Panama / Jan M.H. Hendrickx [and others] -- Infiltration in the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama : the Soil Conservation Service "curve numbers" / Lucas Calvo-Gobbeti, Fred L. Ogden, and Jan M.H. Hendrickx -- Runoff production in the upper Río Chagres Watershed, Panama / Justin L. Niedzialek and Fred M. Ogden -- Downstream hydraulic geometry along a tropical mountain river / Ellen Wohl -- Bedrock channel incision along the upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama / Ellen Wohl and Gregory Springer -- Using TRMM to explore rainfall variability in the upper Río Chagres catchment, Panama / Ryan G. Knox, Fred L. Ogden and Tufa Dinku -- Tree species composition and beta diversity in the upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama / Rolando Pérez [and others] -- A note on the amphibians and reptiles in the upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama / Roberto Ibáñez D. -- High spatial and spectral resolution remote sensing of Panama Canal Zone Watershed forests : an applied example mapping tropical tree species / Stephanie Bohlman and David Lashlee -- Biogeographic history and the high beta-diversity of rainforest trees in Panama / Christopher W. Dick, Richard Condit, and Eldridge Bermingham -- World holdings of avian tissues from Panama, with notes on a collection from the upper Río Chagres in 2002 / Sievert Rohwer and Robert C. Faucett -- Estimation of landslide importance in hillslope erosion in the Panama Canal Watershed / Robert F. Stallard and David A. Kinner -- Sediment generation rates for the upper Río Chagres Basin : evidence from cosmogenic ¹⁰Be / Kyle Nichols [and others] -- Estimation of regional actual evapotranspiration in the Panama Canal Watershed / Jan M.H. Hendrickx [and others] -- Operational rainfall and flow forecasting for the Panama Canal Watershed / Konstantine P. Georgakakos and Jason A. Sperfslage -- Projected land-use change for the eastern Panama Canal Watershed and its potential impact / Virginia H. Dale [and others] |
| Summary |
"This book calls the attention of the scientific community government organizations and non-government agencies, and the general public, to arguable one of the most important and complex of the world's tropical rainforest regions - the greater Panama Canal Watershed. The Rio Chagres basin is the primary source for water to operate the Panama Canal, and also supplies water for electricity generation and potable water for municipal use. However, this important national resource is largely unstudied from a scientific point of view." "The broad objective of the book is to characterize and understand the physical and ecological components of an isolated and largely pristine tropical rainforest and describe how the different natural components of a tropical rainforest interact with another." "This book will be of interest to researchers, scientists, foresters, soil scientists, environmental quality scientists, and global change scientists."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Watersheds -- Panama.
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Geochemistry.
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Hydraulic engineering.
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geochemistry.
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hydraulic engineering.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Limnology.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology.
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Watersheds -- Panama.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Environnement.
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Watersheds
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| SUBJECT |
Chagres River Watershed (Panama) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004806
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| Subject |
Chagres River Watershed (Panama)
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Panama
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Panama -- Chagres River Watershed
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Harmon, R. S. (Russell S.)
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| ISBN |
9781402032974 |
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1402032978 |
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1402032986 |
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9781402032981 |
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6610283664 |
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9786610283668 |
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