The Rio Chagres, Panama A Multidisciplinary Profile of a Tropical Watershed /

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 Río Chagres basin is t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Harmon, Russell S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Water Science and Technology Library, 52
Temas:
Geochemistry.
Water.
Hydrology.
Geology.
Conservation biology.
Ecology .
Geographic information systems.
Biodiversity.
Conservation Biology.
Geographical Information System.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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