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Title Watersheds : processes, management, and impact / editors, Gavyn L. Kuhn and Jason R. Emery
Published Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher's, Incorporated, c2012

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Description 1 online resource
Series Water resource planning, development and management
Environmental science, engineering and technology
Water resource planning, development and management series.
Environmental science, engineering and technology series.
Contents WATERSHEDS: PROCESSES, MANAGEMENT AND IMPACT; WATERSHEDS: PROCESSES, MANAGEMENT AND IMPACT; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: EFFECTS OF THINNING ON MATERIALTRANSFORMATION IN CRYPTOMERIAJAPONICA STAND IN A WATERSHEDIN EASTERN JAPAN; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SEASONAL CHANGES OF MATERIAL TRANSFORMATION; 2.1. Nitrogen Fixation; 2.2. Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Soil; 2.3. Trace Metals Cycling; 3. EFFECTS OF THINNING ON MATERIALTRANSFORMATION; 3.1. Nitrogen Supply to the Soil with Decomposing GreenNeedles Returned by Non-Commercial Thinning
3.2. Dynamics of the Aboveground C and NCONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: NATURAL AND HUMAN INFLUENCES ONTHE INORGANIC WATER CHEMISTRYIN AN ARID LAND OF NORTHERNXINJIANG, CHINA; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. REGIONAL BACKGROUND; 3. METHODOLOGY; 4. INORGANIC WATER CHEMISTRY OF THE NORTHERNXINJIANG -- GENERAL CHARACTERIZATION; 5. FACTORS CONTROLLINGTHE INORGANIC WATER CHEMISTRY; 5.1. Atmospheric Input; 5.2. Rock Weathering; 5.3. Anthropogenic Input; 5.4. Climate Effect; 5.4.1. Zonal Distribution Patterns of Hydrochemistry; 5.4.2. Evaporation Effect
5.5. Contributions from Precipitation and Weathering InputCONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: SUMMER HOLDING AREASOF THE GULF STURGEON WITHINTHE CONECUH/ESCAMBIA RIVERSYSTEM, ALABAMA AND FLORIDA; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; STUDY AREA; METHODS; RESULTS; Initial-Location Gulf Sturgeon Location Telemetry; Summer Holding Area Telemetry and Gulf SturgeonMovement Patterns; DISCUSSION; Movement and Habitat Selection; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTON FLORIDA WATERSHEDS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE; Sea Level Rise
TemperaturePrecipitation; Water Resources; Land Use; CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANS FOR FLORIDA; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: FACTORS AFFECTING FARMERS' ADOPTIONOF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICESIN ONTARIO'S GRAND RIVER WATERSHED; INTRODUCTION; FACTORS MOTIVATING FARMERS TO INTRODUCE BMPS; THE STUDY AREAS; RESEARCH METHODS; MORE FINDINGS; FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS AND SURVEYSIN THE CANAGAGIGUE CREEK (CC) AREA; DISCUSSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: ADAPTATION OF NATIONAL ELEVATIONDATATSET TO ESTIMATE DEPRESSIONSTORAGE IN A GLACIATED WATERSHED; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIALS AND METHODS
The Forest River WatershedDatasets Used; Study Methods; RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; Classification of the Sections; Computed PDSC; Sensitivity of PDSC Estimation to Breach Elevation Value; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Watersheds.
Watershed management.
Watersheds -- Environmental aspects
Watersheds -- Research.
drainage basins.
watersheds (drainage divides)
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Hydrology.
SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Limnology.
Watershed management
Watersheds
Watersheds -- Environmental aspects
Watersheds -- Research
Form Electronic book
Author Kuhn, Gavyn L
Emery, Jason R
LC no. 2020677054
ISBN 9781620811030
1620811030