The Rio Chagres, Panama: A Multidisciplinary Profile of a Tropical Watershed (Water Science and Technology Library)

Contents......Page 7
Dedication......Page 6
Contributing Authors......Page 11
Preface......Page 17
Part I: Setting the Scene......Page 19
1. Geographic Overview of Panama: Pathway to the Continents and Link Between The Seas......Page 20
2. An Introduction to the Panama Canal Watershed......Page 36
3. Light and Shadows in the Management of the Panama Canal Watershed......Page 46
4. The Geological Development of Panama......Page 62
Part II: The Upper Río Chagres Basin......Page 80
5. Igneous Geology and Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks of the Upper Río Chagres Basin......Page 81
6. GIS-based and Stream Network Analysis for the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama......Page 98
7. Soils of the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama: Soil Character and Variability in Two First Order Drainages......Page 111
8. Hydrology of Hillslope Soils in the Upper Río Chagres Watershed, Panama......Page 127
9. Infiltration in the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama: The Soil Conservation Service "Curve Numbers"......Page 153
10. Runoff Production in the Upper Río Chagres Watershed, Panama......Page 162
11. Downstream Hydraulic Geometry Along a Tropical Mountain River......Page 182
12. Bedrock Channel Incision Along the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama......Page 202
13. Using TRMM to Explore Rainfall Variability in the Upper Río Chagres Catchment, Panama......Page 223
14. Tree Species Composition and Beta Diversity in the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama......Page 239
15. A Note on Amphibians and Reptiles in the Upper Río Chagres Basin, Panama......Page 248
Part III: The Regional Perspective......Page 254
16. High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Remote Sensing of Panama Canal Zone Watershed Forests: An Applied Example Mapping Tropical Tree Species......Page 255
17. Biogeographic History and the High Beta-Diversity of Rainforest Trees in Panama......Page 269
18. World Holdings of Avian Tissues from Panama: With Notes on a Collection from the Upper Río Chagres, 2002......Page 280
19. Estimation of Landslide Importance in Hillslope Erosion in the Panama Canal Watershed......Page 290
20. Sediment Generation Rates for the Upper Río Chagres Basin: Evidence From Cosmogenic [sup(10)]Be......Page 305
21. Estimation of Regional Actual Evapotranspiration in the Panama Canal Watershed......Page 322
22. Operational Rainfall and Flow Forecasting for the Panama Canal Watershed......Page 331
23. Projected Land-Use Change for the Eastern Panama Canal Watershed and its Potential Impact......Page 342
C......Page 351
E......Page 352
L......Page 353
P......Page 354
S......Page 356
Z......Page 358