Transferability of an HGM wetland classification scheme to a longitudinal gradient of the central Appalachian Mountains: initial hydrological results

• Published in: Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 439 - 449
• Main Authors: Cole, Charles Andrew, Cirmo, Christopher P., Wardrop, Denice Heller, Brooks, Robert P., Peterson-Smith, Jessica
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 1313 Dolley Madison Boulevard, Suite 402, McLean, Virginia, USA 22101 The Society of Wetland Scientists 01.06.2008; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aquatic mammals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Castor canadensis; Classification; Coastal Sciences; depth; Ecology; Environmental Management; Floodplains; Freshwater; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; geographical variation; geomorphology; headwater floodplain; Hydrogeology; hydrogeomorphic classification; Hydrologic data; Hydrology; Landscape Ecology; Life Sciences; Mountains; Pennsylvania; Regular Submissions; riparian areas; riparian depression; riparian depressions; slope; surface water level; Water levels; water table; watershed hydrology; watersheds; Wetlands; Appalachian region; New York; Virginia; Pennsylvania; Appalachian Mountains; United States > US; USA, New York; ANW, USA, New York; USA, Pennsylvania; USA, Virginia; headwater floodplain; hydrology; slope; riparian depression; Pennsylvania

The fundamental role of hydrology in determining HGM classification and function leads to the assumption that any test of regionalization might do well to begin with a comparison of hydrologic variation within regional subclasses across a geographical or landscape continuum. This paper deals with on...