Hydrology of a prairie slough

Woo, Ming‐ko; Rowsell, Robert

doi:10.1016/0022-1694(93)90275-e

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“…Water levels fluctuate widely on a yearly basis and are driven by evaporative processes. Although filled with water most years, the pond may completely disappear depending on spring water inputs from snowmelt and runoff (Woo & Rowsell 1993). During the course of this study (1998 to 2000) there was always water in Pond 50, although levels declined from May through October in all years.…”

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Net heterotrophy in productive prairie wetlands with high DOC concentrations

Waiser¹,

Robarts²

2004

Aquat. Microb. Ecol.

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Net heterotrophy in productive prairie wetlands with high DOC concentrations

Waiser¹,

Robarts²

2004

Aquat. Microb. Ecol.

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“…Downing (2010) has shown that these small bodies of water play an important role in the circulation of water and sediment not only in the regional but also global scale. Results of the studies of small water bodies on the American prairies (Woo & Rowsell, 1993;Winter & Rosenberry, 1995;Ferone & Devito, 2004;Skalbeck et al, 2009) have suggested that they are connected with groundwater reservoirs. This has also been demonstrated in a number of studies of moraine ponds in Mecklenburg, Germany (Lehsten, 2011).…”

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Water circulation in the moraine ponds of northern Poland

Golus

Bajkiewicz-Grabowska

2016

Hydrobiologia

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The landscape of northern Poland is characterised by a very large number of ponds. Traditionally it has been assumed that their hydrology is determined by precipitation and evaporation, and that they are isolated from the adjacent river network. Recent studies, however, have shown that ponds contribute to river runoff for at least part of the year. Their existence is therefore additionally based on fluvial and underground water sources. In order to establish the principles of water circulation in typical ponds, we selected 14 ponds with seasonally intermittent streams. We measured water levels in these ponds and flows in the river segments that connect them. We also determined subsurface exchange fluxes from the water balance equation. Our results demonstrated that the hydrological functions of the ponds varied throughout the year and depended on the level of water storage in the pond's catchment. When the level of retention in the pond's catchment is low, the pond becomes a water body without surface outflow and a drainage base for groundwater. As the level of retention in the catchment rises, ponds develop surface outflows and reconnect with the river network. At this point, their main function becomes retention of water originating from subsurface and surface inflows. Any surplus water may be fed to underground or surface waters.

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“…To address this issue, numerous studies have investigated hydrological processes and examined the water balance of prairie wetlands (e.g. Millar 1971, Poiani and Johnson 1993, Woo and Rowsell 1993, Winter and Rosenberry 1995, 1998, LaBaugh et al 1996, 1998, Rosenberry and Winter 1997, Su et al 2000, Spence 2007, Fang et al 2010, Niemuth et al 2010, Liu and Schwartz 2011. However, a landscape hydrological modelling that includes multiple wetlands is desired for two reasons.…”

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Simulating the water budget of a Prairie Potholes complex from LiDAR and hydrological models in North Dakota, USA

Huang

Young

Abdul‐Aziz

et al. 2013

Hydrological Sciences Journal

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Hydrological processes of the wetland complex in the Prairie Pothole Region (PPR) are difficult to model, partly due to a lack of wetland morphology data. We used Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) data sets to derive wetland features; we then modelled rainfall, snowfall, snowmelt, runoff, evaporation, the "fill-and-spill" mechanism, shallow groundwater loss, and the effect of wet and dry conditions. For large wetlands with a volume greater than thousands of cubic metres (e.g. about 3000 m 3 ), the modelled water volume agreed fairly well with observations; however, it did not succeed for small wetlands (e.g. volume less than 450 m 3 ). Despite the failure for small wetlands, the modelled water area of the wetland complex coincided well with interpretation of aerial photographs, showing a linear regression with R 2 of around 0.80 and a mean average error of around 0.55 km 2 . The next step is to improve the water budget modelling for small wetlands. Résumé Les processus hydrologiques du complexe de zones humides de la région des fondrières des prairies sont difficiles à modéliser, en partie à cause d'un manque de données de morphologie des zones humides. Nous avons utilisé des jeux de données LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) pour calculer les caractéristiques des zones humides. Nous avons ensuite modélisé les pluies, les précipitations neigeuses, la fonte des neiges, le ruissellement, l'évaporation, le mécanisme de débordement par saturation, les pertes des eaux souterraines peu profondes, et l'effet des conditions humides et sèches. Pour les zones humides étendues ayant un volume supérieur à quelques milliers de mètres cubes (par exemple, environ 3000 m 3 ), le volume d'eau modélisé s'accorde assez bien avec les observations, mais le modèle a été tenu en échec pour les zones humides de petite taille (par exemple, volume inférieur à 450 m 3 ). Malgré l'échec pour les petites zones humides, la zone d'eau modélisée du complexe de zones humides coïncidait bien avec l'interprétation des photographies aériennes, montrant une régression linéaire avec un R 2 de l'ordre de 0,80 et une erreur moyenne autour de 0,55 km 2 . La prochaine étape est d'améliorer la modélisation du bilan hydrique pour les zones humides de petite taille.

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Hydrology of a prairie slough

Cited by 98 publications

References 21 publications

Net heterotrophy in productive prairie wetlands with high DOC concentrations

Net heterotrophy in productive prairie wetlands with high DOC concentrations

Water circulation in the moraine ponds of northern Poland

Simulating the water budget of a Prairie Potholes complex from LiDAR and hydrological models in North Dakota, USA

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