The A Multidisciplinary Profile of a Tropical Watershed Harmon, Russell S. creator editor. SpringerLink (Online service) text ne 2005 monographic eng

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access XVI, 354 p. online resource. This book calls the attention of the scientific community, government organizations and non-government agencies, and the general public to arguably one of the most important and complex of the world's tropical rainforest regions - the greater Panama Canal Watershed. The Rio Chagres basin is the primary source for water to operate the Panama Canal, and also supplies water for electricity generation and potable water for municipal use, but this important national resource is largely unstudied from a scientific point of view. The broad objective of the book is to characterize and understand the physical and ecological components of an isolated and largely pristine tropical rainforest, and describe how the different natural components of a tropical rainforest interact with one another. Setting the Scene -- A Geographic Overview of Panama -- An Introduction to the Panama Canal Watershed -- Light and Shadows in the Management of the Panama Canal Watershed -- Geological Development of Panama -- The Upper Río Chagres Basin -- Igneous Geology and Geochemistry of the Upper Río Chagres Basin -- GIS-Based Stream Network Analysis for the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama -- Soils of the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama -- Hydrology of Hillslope Soils in the Upper Río Chagres Watershed, Panama -- Infiltration in the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama -- Runoff Production in the Upper Río Chagres Watershed, Panama -- Downstream Hydraulic Geometry along a Tropical Mountain River -- Bedrock Channel Incision along the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama -- Using TRMM to Explore Rainfall Variability in the Upper Río Chagres Catchment, Panama -- Tree Species Composition and Beta Diversity in the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama -- A Note on Amphibians and Reptiles in the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama -- The Regional Perspective -- High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Remote Sensing of Panama Canal Zone Watershed Forests -- Biogeographic History and the High Beta-Diversity of Rainforest Trees in Panama -- World Holdings of Avian Tissues from Panama -- Estimation of Landslide Importance in Hillslope Erosion Within the Panama Canal Watershed -- Long-Term Sediment Generation Rates for the Upper Río Chagres Basin -- Estimation of Regional Actual Evapotranspiration in the Panama Canal Watershed -- Operational Rainfall and Flow Forecasting for the Panama Canal Watershed -- Projected Land-Use Change for the Eastern Panama Canal Watershed and Its Potential Impact. edited by Russell S. Harmon. GEOCHEMISTRY HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING REMOTE SENSING BIODIVERSITY FORESTS AND FORESTRY NATURE CONSERVATION GEOSCIENCES GEOCHEMISTRY HYDROGEOLOGY NATURE CONSERVATION REMOTE SENSING/PHOTOGRAMMETRY BIODIVERSITY FORESTRY MANAGEMENT 551.9 9781402032974 99781402032974 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3297-8 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3297-8 100301 20260521092052.0 978-1-4020-3297-4