Abstract
Calculating the water budget of a wetland is an important step in understanding the pathways by which water, nutrients, and other solutes flow into and out of the wetland system. This chapter describes how to select the required parameters for determining the water budget for several types of wetlands and how to monitor or estimate the required data. Wetland types are often classified by the origin of their source water: groundwater, precipitation, or riverine. These varied sources are characterized by different water chemistry and result in distinctive wetland nutrient cycling patterns. In this chapter, example water budgets are presented for geographically isolated wetlands, constructed treatment wetlands, riparian wetlands, pocosin bogs, and fens or seeps. Each of these wetland types has unique components to consider when calculating their water budgets. The applied benefits from assessment of these water budgets can range from gaining understanding of current wetland processes to predicting the potential impact of climate change and wetland restoration effectiveness.
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