Watersheds : processes, management and impact / Gavyn L. Kuhn and Jason R. Emery, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuhn, Gavyn L.

Emery, Jason R.

Series:

Water resource planning, development and management series.

Environmental science, engineering and technology series.

Water resource planning, development and management

Environmental science, engineering and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Watersheds.

Watershed management.

Watersheds--Environmental aspects.

Watersheds--Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the management and impacts of watersheds on the ecosystem process. The authors present topics including the effects of thinning on material transformation in a stand of Cryptomeria japonica in a watershed in eastern Japan; natural and human influences on the inorganic water chemistry of the northern Xinjiang rivers in China; current land use within the Conecuh/Escambia River watershed in the Gulf of Mexico; factors affecting farmers' adoption of best management practices in Ontario's Grand River watershed; and the adaptation of national elevation dataset to estimate depression storage in a glaciated watershed.

Contents:

Intro

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 N

CONCLUSION

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: NATURAL AND HUMAN INFLUENCES ONTHE INORGANIC WATER CHEMISTRYIN AN ARID LAND OF NORTHERNXINJIANG, CHINA

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 Input

Chapter 3: SUMMER HOLDING AREASOF THE GULF STURGEON WITHINTHE CONECUH/ESCAMBIA RIVERSYSTEM, ALABAMA AND FLORIDA

INTRODUCTION

STUDY AREA

METHODS

RESULTS

Initial-Location Gulf Sturgeon Location Telemetry

Summer Holding Area Telemetry and Gulf SturgeonMovement Patterns

DISCUSSION

Movement and Habitat Selection

Chapter 4: CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS EFFECTON FLORIDA WATERSHEDS

EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

Sea Level Rise

Temperature

Precipitation

Water Resources

Land Use

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION PLANS FOR FLORIDA

Chapter 5: FACTORS AFFECTING FARMERS' ADOPTIONOF BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICESIN ONTARIO'S GRAND RIVER WATERSHED

FACTORS MOTIVATING FARMERS TO INTRODUCE BMPS

THE STUDY AREAS

RESEARCH METHODS

MORE FINDINGS

FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEWS AND SURVEYSIN THE CANAGAGIGUE CREEK (CC) AREA

Chapter 6: ADAPTATION OF NATIONAL ELEVATIONDATATSET TO ESTIMATE DEPRESSIONSTORAGE IN A GLACIATED WATERSHED

MATERIALS AND METHODS

The Forest River Watershed

Datasets Used

Study Methods

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Classification of the Sections

Computed PDSC

Sensitivity of PDSC Estimation to Breach Elevation Value

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62081-103-0

OCLC:

836864173