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Interannual variability in the extent of wetland-stream connectivity within the Prairie Pothole Region

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Abstract

The degree of hydrological connectivity between wetland systems and downstream receiving waters can be expected to influence the volume and variability of stream discharge. The Prairie Pothole Region contains a high density of depressional wetland features, a consequence of glacial retreat. Spatial variability in wetland density, drainage evolution, and precipitation patterns as well as interannual and interdecadal variability in climate can be expected to result in variable degrees of wetland-stream connectivity within the region.

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Citation

Vanderhoof, Melanie; Alexander, Laurie. 2016. Interannual variability in the extent of wetland-stream connectivity within the Prairie Pothole Region. In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical  Report  SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 1 p.
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