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Because of the vital role of water as a transporting agent, chemical solvent, weathering agent, and catalyst, quantitative data on hydrology are of paramount importance in understanding the biogeochemistry of a forest ecosystem. The U.S. Forest Service has monitored and maintained accurate records of precipitation and streamflow for numerous gauged watersheds of the HBEF since 1956 (Federer et al. 1990; Bailey et al. 2003a, b; http://www.hubbardbrook.org). The HBEF was established in 1955 to study forest hydrology in New England utilizing a paired watershed approach (see McGuire and Likens 2011).

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Likens, G.E. (2013). Hydrology. In: Biogeochemistry of a Forested Ecosystem. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7810-2_2

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