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Karst water resources (ecohydrological aspects)

The pattern and intensity of hydrological variability significantly influences on biotic structure and activity. On the other hand, biotic structures can regulate abiotic ones. As a result of these interrelationships a new concept called ecohydrology has emerged. Its rapid development is a consequence of fact that complex scientific questions as well as environmental problems can be effectively solved only if several scientific disciplines are considered jointly. Ecohydrology was the coupling of landscape processes with hydrobiology. Due to particularities of water circulation in karst areas the coupling of surface water - groundwater processes is the most important prerequisite for understanding constraints on sustainable development. Karst ecohydrology intends to integrate not only landscape with groundwater hydrology but also with freshwater biology.

karst, ecohydrology, cave

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