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Hyporheic hydraulic geometry: Conceptualizing relationships among hyporheic exchange, storage, and water age
Hyporheic exchange is now widely acknowledged as a key driver of ecosystem processes in many streams. Yet stream ecologists have been slow to adopt nuanced hydrologic frameworks developed and applied by engineers and hydrologists to describe the relationship between water storage, water age, and wat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8759689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35030186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262080 |
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author | Poole, Geoffrey C. Fogg, S. Kathleen O’Daniel, Scott J. Amerson, Byron E. Reinhold, Ann Marie Carlson, Samuel P. Mohr, Elizabeth J. Oakland, Hayley C. |
author_facet | Poole, Geoffrey C. Fogg, S. Kathleen O’Daniel, Scott J. Amerson, Byron E. Reinhold, Ann Marie Carlson, Samuel P. Mohr, Elizabeth J. Oakland, Hayley C. |
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description | Hyporheic exchange is now widely acknowledged as a key driver of ecosystem processes in many streams. Yet stream ecologists have been slow to adopt nuanced hydrologic frameworks developed and applied by engineers and hydrologists to describe the relationship between water storage, water age, and water balance in finite hydrosystems such as hyporheic zones. Here, in the context of hyporheic hydrology, we summarize a well-established mathematical framework useful for describing hyporheic hydrology, while also applying the framework heuristically to visualize the relationships between water age, rates of hyporheic exchange, and water volume within hyporheic zones. Building on this heuristic application, we discuss how improved accuracy in the conceptualization of hyporheic exchange can yield a deeper understanding of the role of the hyporheic zone in stream ecosystems. Although the equations presented here have been well-described for decades, our aim is to make the mathematical basis as accessible as possible and to encourage broader understanding among aquatic ecologists of the implications of tailed age distributions commonly observed in water discharged from and stored within hyporheic zones. Our quantitative description of “hyporheic hydraulic geometry,” associated visualizations, and discussion offer a nuanced and realistic understanding of hyporheic hydrology to aid in considering hyporheic exchange in the context of river and stream ecosystem science and management. |
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spelling | pubmed-87596892022-01-15 Hyporheic hydraulic geometry: Conceptualizing relationships among hyporheic exchange, storage, and water age Poole, Geoffrey C. Fogg, S. Kathleen O’Daniel, Scott J. Amerson, Byron E. Reinhold, Ann Marie Carlson, Samuel P. Mohr, Elizabeth J. Oakland, Hayley C. PLoS One Research Article Hyporheic exchange is now widely acknowledged as a key driver of ecosystem processes in many streams. Yet stream ecologists have been slow to adopt nuanced hydrologic frameworks developed and applied by engineers and hydrologists to describe the relationship between water storage, water age, and water balance in finite hydrosystems such as hyporheic zones. Here, in the context of hyporheic hydrology, we summarize a well-established mathematical framework useful for describing hyporheic hydrology, while also applying the framework heuristically to visualize the relationships between water age, rates of hyporheic exchange, and water volume within hyporheic zones. Building on this heuristic application, we discuss how improved accuracy in the conceptualization of hyporheic exchange can yield a deeper understanding of the role of the hyporheic zone in stream ecosystems. Although the equations presented here have been well-described for decades, our aim is to make the mathematical basis as accessible as possible and to encourage broader understanding among aquatic ecologists of the implications of tailed age distributions commonly observed in water discharged from and stored within hyporheic zones. Our quantitative description of “hyporheic hydraulic geometry,” associated visualizations, and discussion offer a nuanced and realistic understanding of hyporheic hydrology to aid in considering hyporheic exchange in the context of river and stream ecosystem science and management. Public Library of Science 2022-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8759689/ /pubmed/35030186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262080 Text en © 2022 Poole et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Poole, Geoffrey C. Fogg, S. Kathleen O’Daniel, Scott J. Amerson, Byron E. Reinhold, Ann Marie Carlson, Samuel P. Mohr, Elizabeth J. Oakland, Hayley C. Hyporheic hydraulic geometry: Conceptualizing relationships among hyporheic exchange, storage, and water age |
title | Hyporheic hydraulic geometry: Conceptualizing relationships among hyporheic exchange, storage, and water age |
title_full | Hyporheic hydraulic geometry: Conceptualizing relationships among hyporheic exchange, storage, and water age |
title_fullStr | Hyporheic hydraulic geometry: Conceptualizing relationships among hyporheic exchange, storage, and water age |
title_full_unstemmed | Hyporheic hydraulic geometry: Conceptualizing relationships among hyporheic exchange, storage, and water age |
title_short | Hyporheic hydraulic geometry: Conceptualizing relationships among hyporheic exchange, storage, and water age |
title_sort | hyporheic hydraulic geometry: conceptualizing relationships among hyporheic exchange, storage, and water age |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8759689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35030186 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262080 |
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