Streamflow generation in a nested system of intermittent and perennial tropical streams under changing land use

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Publicado en:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences vol. 29, no. 23 (2025), p. 7073-7093
Autor principal: Mosquera, Giovanny M.
Otros Autores: Rosero-López, Daniela, Daza, José, Escobar-Camacho, Daniel, Künne, Annika, Crespo, Patricio, Kralisch, Sven, Karubian, Jordan, Encalada, Andrea C.
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100 1 |a Mosquera, Giovanny M.  |u Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Global Research and Solutions Center, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador 
245 1 |a Streamflow generation in a nested system of intermittent and perennial tropical streams under changing land use 
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520 3 |a Despite the increased interest in the hydrology of intermittent hydrological streams in recent years, little attention has been given to these systems in tropical forest environments. We present a unique set of hydrometric, stable isotopic, geochemical, and landscape mapping information to obtain a mechanistic understanding of streamflow generation in 20 nested catchments (<inline-formula><mml:math display="inline" id="M1"><mml:mo lspace="0mm"><</mml:mo></mml:math></inline-formula> 1–159 km2) draining intermittent and perennial streams and rivers in the Chocó-Darien ecoregion, a tropical biodiversity hotspot, located in the Pacific lowlands of northern Ecuador that has been strongly degraded by deforestation and agricultural encroachment during the last half-century. Hydrological intermittency is mainly controlled by antecedent wetness due to the strong seasonality of precipitation. Nevertheless, the streambed of catchments draining intermittent streams remains humid throughout the year, even when surface water stops flowing, since evapotranspiration is reduced due to continued cloudy and foggy conditions during the dry season. Intermittent streams mainly located in conserved forested headwaters with shallow soils and a low permeability bedrock have a faster streamflow response to rainfall and shorter recession times than the perennial streams with high permeability bedrock in the catchment's degraded middle and lower parts. Isotopic information shows that rainfall during the wet period (January to May) contributes to streamflow generation in the intermittent streams, whereas rainfall during the wet season recharges the subsurface water storage of the perennial streams. Concentrations of major ions and electrical conductivity were lower in intermittent streams compared to perennial streams. We found a strong correlation between the catchments' geology and geochemical signals and a weak correlation with the topography, land cover, and soil type. These findings indicate that shallow subsurface flow paths through the organic horizon of the soil dominate streamflow generation in intermittent streams due to the limited water storage capacity of their bedrock with very low permeability. On the contrary, high bedrock permeability increases the water storage capacity and is replenished during the wet period, helping sustain streamflow generation throughout the year for the perennial streams. These findings suggest that geology may play an important role in driving hydrological intermittency, even in highly degraded tropical forest catchments, and provide key process-based information useful for water management and hydrological modelling of intermittent hydrological systems. 
651 4 |a Ecuador 
651 4 |a United States--US 
651 4 |a Australia 
653 |a Storage conditions 
653 |a Geology 
653 |a Headwaters 
653 |a Hydrology 
653 |a Deforestation 
653 |a Bedrock 
653 |a Topography 
653 |a Storage capacity 
653 |a Surface water 
653 |a Water storage 
653 |a Land use 
653 |a Water management 
653 |a Seasonal variations 
653 |a Streambeds 
653 |a Rainy season 
653 |a Soil 
653 |a Wet season 
653 |a Stream flow 
653 |a Hypotheses 
653 |a Soil permeability 
653 |a Geochemistry 
653 |a Regions 
653 |a Landscape mapping 
653 |a Permeability 
653 |a Dry season 
653 |a Catchments 
653 |a Subsurface water 
653 |a Rainfall 
653 |a Drainage 
653 |a Biodiversity 
653 |a Rivers 
653 |a Perennial streams 
653 |a Forest conservation 
653 |a Electrical conductivity 
653 |a Creeks & streams 
653 |a Groundwater 
653 |a Lowlands 
653 |a Water resources 
653 |a Hydrologic models 
653 |a Watersheds 
653 |a Soil types 
653 |a Evapotranspiration 
653 |a Electrical resistivity 
653 |a Aquatic ecosystems 
653 |a Tropical forests 
653 |a Encroachment 
653 |a Water stops 
653 |a Land cover 
653 |a Information processing 
653 |a Seasonality 
653 |a Investigations 
653 |a Biodiversity hot spots 
653 |a Intermittency 
653 |a Precipitation 
653 |a Subsurface flow 
653 |a Flow paths 
653 |a Stream discharge 
653 |a Environmental 
700 1 |a Rosero-López, Daniela  |u Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Global Research and Solutions Center, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador 
700 1 |a Daza, José  |u Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Global Research and Solutions Center, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador 
700 1 |a Escobar-Camacho, Daniel  |u Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Global Research and Solutions Center, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador 
700 1 |a Künne, Annika  |u Geographic Information Science Group, Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany 
700 1 |a Crespo, Patricio  |u Departamento de Recursos Hídricos y Ciencias Ambientales &amp; Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador 
700 1 |a Kralisch, Sven  |u Geographic Information Science Group, Institute of Geography, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany 
700 1 |a Karubian, Jordan  |u Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA; Fundación para la Conservación de Los Andes Tropicales, Quito, Ecuador 
700 1 |a Encalada, Andrea C.  |u Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática, Global Research and Solutions Center, Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ, Quito, Ecuador 
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