التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
AN EXPANDING ROLE FOR SUBARCTIC WATERSHED RESEARCH. |
| المؤلفون: |
Slaughter, C. W., Helmers, A. E. |
| المصدر: |
Journal of the American Water Resources Association; Apr1974, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p256-264, 9p |
| مستخلص: |
BSTRACT: It is increasingly recognized that natural resources research should in many cases be broadened in scope and oriented toward more general 'environmental' problems. Locales with a history of 'watershed' research can be eminently suited for development of comprehensive, environmental research programs. This is recognized in many research efforts of the International Biological Program (IBP), where watershed research sites have been successfully utilized for intensive investigations of process and function of selected ecosystems or ecosystem components. In the North American Subarctic there is almost no history of 'watershed' studies. Basic data on hydrometeorologic parameters such as precipitation amounts and areal and seasonal distribution of runoff are scarce; the data framework within which environmental understanding can be structured is exceedingly sketchy. Opportunity exists in the discontinuous-permafrost settings of central Alaska to begin rectifying this situation. A basic program of multi-agency, multi-discipline research and data acquisition for the most significant hydrologic subregions is being developed, based around several existing environmental research areas (chiefly the Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest, the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed, the Wickersham Dome Fire Study Area, and a series of outlying sites). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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