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dc.contributor.authorHancock, Peter Jen
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Randall Jen
dc.contributor.authorBoulton, Andrew Jen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-02T16:32:00Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationHydrogeology Journal, 17(1), p. 1-3en
dc.identifier.issn1435-0157en
dc.identifier.issn1431-2174en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4433-
dc.description.abstractAlthough we are still developing our understanding, there is increasing recognition that groundwater is essential to many ecological communities. Groundwater is a connector, not just in the aquifer itself, but within, across, and between surface waters and many terrestrial ecosystems. Where the water table intersects or comes close to the land surface, contributions of water and nutrients to plant roots and aquatic ecosystems can be critical to their persistence. Consider that precipitation is the dominant source of water in nearly all wetland systems, yet the influence of the lesser groundwater flow component can be sufficient from an ecological perspective to yield an entire new type of wetland, the fen. Influxes of groundwater to lakes, rivers, and wetlands can change whole-system physico–chemical properties such as temperature and salinity, while also providing more subtle influences on microenvironments and their ecological processes. Infiltration of water from surface aquatic ecosystems and rainfall can have an equally significant effect on aquifer ecology, especially on microbes and subsurface invertebrates. Whether water is flowing into or out of an aquifer, or is moving from one part to another, it is the extent and intensity of connectivity that often determines its importance to ecosystems. Moreover, the same location in space can have all three types of flows at different periods of time. Surface ecological processes (such as evapotranspiration) can significantly impact hydrological responses and related hydrochemical function. Thus, the relation of groundwater hydrology to patterns and processes in ecology is a 'two-way street' where understanding the feedback of one to the other serves as a powerful lens through which to evaluate and explain the functioning of natural ecosystems.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.ispartofHydrogeology Journalen
dc.titlePreface: hydrogeoecology, the interdisciplinary study of groundwater dependent ecosystemsen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Managementen
local.contributor.firstnamePeter Jen
local.contributor.firstnameRandall Jen
local.contributor.firstnameAndrew Jen
local.subject.for2008050205 Environmental Managementen
local.subject.seo2008960999 Land and Water Management of Environments not elsewhere classifieden
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
local.profile.schoolEnvironmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emailphancoc2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailaboulton@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20091007-114817en
local.publisher.placeGermanyen
local.format.startpage1en
local.format.endpage3en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume17en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.title.subtitlehydrogeoecology, the interdisciplinary study of groundwater dependent ecosystemsen
local.contributor.lastnameHancocken
local.contributor.lastnameHunten
local.contributor.lastnameBoultonen
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dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
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local.title.maintitlePrefaceen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.urlhttp://www.springerlink.com/content/hggl515g3rx66w5t/fulltext.pdfen
local.search.authorHancock, Peter Jen
local.search.authorHunt, Randall Jen
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local.year.published2009en
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