ABSTRACT
Introduction............................................................................................................221 Puget Sound Wetlands and Stormwater Management Research Program.........................................................................................................222 Research Objectives......................................................................................222
Data Collection and Analysis Methods.................................................................223 Statistical Analysis of Development Impacts on Wetland Hydrology ........223 Data Collection and Analysis for the Wetland Water Balance....................224
Results and Discussion..........................................................................................225 Wetland Hydrology and Water Level Fluctuation .......................................225 Threshold Level Analysis .............................................................................225 Multiple Regression Analyses ......................................................................229 Dry Period.....................................................................................................230 Hydrologic Characteristics of Two Intensively Studied Wetlands ..............230 Wetland Hydrology by Season and Wetland ...............................................232 Urbanization and Other Factors Affecting Wetland Hydrology ..................233 Hydrologic Components Error Analysis ......................................................233
Conclusions............................................................................................................234 Acknowledgments..................................................................................................235 References..............................................................................................................235
