Ecological Archives E086-011-A3

H. M. Valett, M. A. Baker, J. A. Morrice, C. S. Crawford, M. C. Molles, Jr., C. N. Dahm, D. L. Moyer, J. R. Thibault, and Lisa M. Ellis. 2005. Biogeochemical and metabolic responses to the flood pulse in a semiarid floodplain. Ecology 86:220–234.

Appendix C. Average surface and groundwater temperatures (EC) associated with flooding on the disconnected floodplain. 

   1993   1994    1995  
  Control site
groundwater
Flood site groundwater Flood site surface water Control site
groundwater
Flood site groundwater Flood site surface water Control site
groundwater
Flood site groundwater Flood site surface water
Pre-flood na na na 13.8 
± 0.1 (51)
13.5 
± 0.1 (39)
na
13.5 
± 0.1 (51)
13.3 
± 0.1 (40)
na
Flood period
16.7 
± 0.2 (40)
19.2 
± 0.4 (35)
20.7
 ± 0.4 (34)
14.2
 ± 0.1 (150)
17.8
 ± 0.2 (142)
21.1
 ± 0.1 (153)
13.8
± 0.1 (170)
16.3 
± 0.1(172)
17.2 
± 0.1 (29)
Post-flood na na na
13.6 
± 0.8 (17)
17.8
 ± 0.3 (16)
na
14.3 
± 0.1 (34)
16.5
± 0.2 (32)
na

   Notes: Data are means ± SE (n) for samples taken before, during, and following the experimental flooding period for each site during the three experimental floods (1993–1995).  na = data not available.



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