05468nam 2200673 a 450 991096074730332120251116181859.01-62081-103-0(CKB)2550000001043124(EBL)3021233(SSID)ssj0000883603(PQKBManifestationID)11455734(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000883603(PQKBWorkID)10924795(PQKB)10114163(MiAaPQ)EBC3021233(Au-PeEL)EBL3021233(CaPaEBR)ebr10681433(OCoLC)836864173(BIP)39029691(EXLCZ)99255000000104312420120314d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWatersheds processes, management and impact /Gavyn L. Kuhn and Jason R. Emery, editors1st ed.Hauppauge, N.Y. Nova Science Publishers, Inc.c20121 online resource (180 p.)Water resource planning, development and managementEnvironmental science, engineering and technologyDescription based upon print version of record.1-62081-057-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- 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 N -- CONCLUSION -- 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 Input -- CONCLUSION -- 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 -- Temperature -- Precipitation -- 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 Watershed -- Datasets Used -- Study Methods -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- Classification of the Sections -- Computed PDSC -- Sensitivity of PDSC Estimation to Breach Elevation Value -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.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.Water resource planning, development and management series.Environmental science, engineering and technology series.WatershedsWatershed managementWatershedsEnvironmental aspectsWatershedsResearchWatersheds.Watershed management.WatershedsEnvironmental aspects.WatershedsResearch.551.48Kuhn Gavyn L1862052Emery Jason R1862053MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960747303321Watersheds4468313UNINA