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Because of the vital role of water as a transporting agent, chemical solvent, and catalyst, quantitative data on hydrology are of paramount importance in understanding the biogeochemistry of an ecosystem. The United States Forest Service has monitored and maintained accurate records of precipitation and streamflow for watersheds of the HBEF since 1956.

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  1. Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853, New York, USA

    Gene E. Likens & John S. Eaton

  2. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, 06520, Connecticut, USA

    F. Herbert Bormann

  3. Northeastern Forest Experiment Station, U.S. Forest Service, Durham, 03824, New Hampshire, USA

    Robert S. Pierce

  4. Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, 03755, New Hampshire, USA

    Noye M. Johnson

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Likens, G.E., Bormann, F.H., Pierce, R.S., Eaton, J.S., Johnson, N.M. (1977). Hydrology. In: Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9993-7_2

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