Increased water yield due to the hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in New England
Abstract
Abstract Over the past few decades, a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) infestation has significantly affected eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis ) in the eastern U.S., and warmer winters are expected to promote a continued northward expansion in the future. Here we report a water yield increase due to the HWA infestation in New England, U.S. Since the first observation in 2002, peak growing season evapotranspiration over a hemlock‐dominated area has decreased by 24–37% in 2012 and 2013. Over the same time period, the water yield from the study catchment significantly increased as compared to an adjacent catchment with less hemlock cover. The net increase was estimated to be as much as 15.6% of annual water yield in 2014 based on an ecohydrological modeling analysis. This study indicates that the ongoing hemlock decline is also largely altering hydrological regimes in the northeastern U.S.
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- Department of Geography Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington Indiana USA, Department of Earth and Environment Boston University Boston Massachusetts USA
- Department of Geography Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington Indiana USA
- School for the Environment University of Massachusetts Boston Boston Massachusetts USA
- Harvard Forest Harvard University Petersham Massachusetts USA
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Harvard University Cambridge Massachusetts USA
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- Journal Name: Geophysical Research Letters Journal Volume: 44 Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-8276
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- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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Kim, Jihyun, Hwang, Taehee, Schaaf, Crystal L., Orwig, David A., Boose, Emery, and Munger, J. William. Increased water yield due to the hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in New England. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1002/2016GL072327.
Kim, Jihyun, Hwang, Taehee, Schaaf, Crystal L., Orwig, David A., Boose, Emery, & Munger, J. William. Increased water yield due to the hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in New England. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072327
Kim, Jihyun, Hwang, Taehee, Schaaf, Crystal L., Orwig, David A., Boose, Emery, and Munger, J. William. Wed .
"Increased water yield due to the hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in New England". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL072327.
@article{osti_1402332,
title = {Increased water yield due to the hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in New England},
author = {Kim, Jihyun and Hwang, Taehee and Schaaf, Crystal L. and Orwig, David A. and Boose, Emery and Munger, J. William},
abstractNote = {Abstract Over the past few decades, a hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) infestation has significantly affected eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis ) in the eastern U.S., and warmer winters are expected to promote a continued northward expansion in the future. Here we report a water yield increase due to the HWA infestation in New England, U.S. Since the first observation in 2002, peak growing season evapotranspiration over a hemlock‐dominated area has decreased by 24–37% in 2012 and 2013. Over the same time period, the water yield from the study catchment significantly increased as compared to an adjacent catchment with less hemlock cover. The net increase was estimated to be as much as 15.6% of annual water yield in 2014 based on an ecohydrological modeling analysis. This study indicates that the ongoing hemlock decline is also largely altering hydrological regimes in the northeastern U.S.},
doi = {10.1002/2016GL072327},
journal = {Geophysical Research Letters},
number = 5,
volume = 44,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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