| ID |
1944 |
| Citation |
Fitzgerald, D., J. Price, A. de Groot, A. Banner, and P. LePage (2002) Surface Water Discharge and Groundwater Storage Patterns in a Hypermaritime Bog Near Prince Rupert, B.C., Forest Sciences, Prince Rupert Forest Region, BC Forest Service. Extension Note #51, December, 2002. |
| Organization |
University of Waterloo; Drosera Ecological Consulting; Ecology Research |
| URL |
https://www.for.gov.bc.ca/rni/research/Extension_notes/Enote51.pdf |
| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
The full accounting of the input, storage and discharge from two storms, one following a dry period, the other a wetter period, demonstrates the hydrological independence of this bog system from adjacent ecosystems. During the first event, most rainfall could be accounted for by the change in water storage within the bog - almost no water was lost by drainage. For the second event, inputs could mostly be accounted for by discharge and storage change (water table rise). Despite the macro-scale topographic gradient between the bog and the adjacent forested areas there was no apparent hydrologic linkages between them as seen by the lack of water inputs from these areas. This lack of water transfer between the forest and bog was due to subtle differences in elevation and flowpaths at the margins of these two systems. Strong seepage losses at the foot of the forested 04 slope (Fitzgerald et al. in press) are constrained in a seepage channel that skirts the perimeter of the bog on its northern side. Rain falling on the southern side near the bog margin may flow downhill to the 11 then 01 site series, but this loss was minor. Given the absence of streamflow in the bog between rain events, groundwater seepage through the peat, either to the stream, or toward the margins, was minimal. |
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Diana Lake; Smith Island |
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