Landscape controls of hydrologic function and phosphorus dynamics in two pond-wetland complexes on the mixedwood boreal plain / Jenny-Marie Ferone.
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TextSeries: Thesis ; (M.Sc.)Publication details: Edmonton, AB : University of Alberta, 2001.Description: xiii, 159 leaves ; ill. ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: The dominant hydrologic and phosphorus (P) fluxes were measured in two pond-peatland complexes in the Boreal Plain of Northern Alberta: one moraine pond-peatland (topographic high) and one clay plain pond-peatland (topographic low). During 1999-2000, both locations were groundwater recharge zones to underlying flow systems. At both pond-peatlands, hydrometric, geochemical and isotopic measurements determined that precipitation and evaporation dominated the water balance, and local groundwater fluxes were seasonally variable. The periphery of the moraine pond exhibited local groundwater flow reversals: recharge during dry periods, discharge during wet periods.The clay plain complex was a groundwater flow-through system for most of the study, but reversed to discharge during high rainfall (spring 2000).
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Thesis(M.Sc.)--University of Alberta, 2001.
"April 26, 2001."
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The dominant hydrologic and phosphorus (P) fluxes were measured in two pond-peatland complexes in the Boreal Plain of Northern Alberta: one moraine pond-peatland (topographic high) and one clay plain pond-peatland (topographic low). During 1999-2000, both locations were groundwater recharge zones to underlying flow systems. At both pond-peatlands, hydrometric, geochemical and isotopic measurements determined that precipitation and evaporation dominated the water balance, and local groundwater fluxes were seasonally variable. The periphery of the moraine pond exhibited local groundwater flow reversals: recharge during dry periods, discharge during wet periods.The clay plain complex was a groundwater flow-through system for most of the study, but reversed to discharge during high rainfall (spring 2000).