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Ditch water levels manages for environmental aims: effects on field soil water regimes
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Abstract. The effects of ditch water management regimes on water tables are examined for two test sites in England, Halvergate in the Broads and Southlake Moor in the Somerset Levels and Moors Environmentally Sensitive Areas. It is observed that in some fields the effects of water management are only poorly transferred from the ditch to the field centre, especially where the hydraulic conductivity of the subsoil is small. Where there are large variations in the ditch water levels, reflecting the influence of major ditches subject to pump drainage, field soil water regimes differ significantly. Nevertheless, the effects of even quite small changes in the ditch regime cam be noticeable. Simple modelling studies show that much greater effects can be achieved by increasing the frequency of ditches within wetlands.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Armstrong, A., & Rose, S.
- Affiliations
- Agricultural Development Advisory Service (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Armstrong, A.
- Venue
- Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
- Publisher
- Copernicus GmbH
- Published
- 1999-09-30
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 385-394
- ISSN
- 1027-5606 (ISSN-L)
- 1607-7938
- OpenAlex
- W2014538548
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 0.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Hydrology and earth system sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Keywords
- water table management, environmental water management, soil water modelling, Broads
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