Table 2. Monthly records of water flows from January to December 2009 in a Pleioblastus amarus bamboo forest.
Month | No. of rainy days | PP (mm) | TF (mm) | SF (mm) | SR (mm) | FFL (mm) | SW1 (mm) | SW2 (mm) |
January | 12 | 37.5 (3.0) | 43.0 (3.3) | 12.5 (0.8) | 0.01 (0.00) | 7.6 (0.6) | 0 | 0 |
February | 11 | 35.2 (2.5) | 28.5 (2.0) | 3.9 (0.2) | 0.06 (0.01) | 5.9 (0.5) | 0 | 0 |
March | 17 | 90.6 (7.6) | 76.8 (7.1) | 9.1 (0.6) | 0.19 (0.01) | 22.0 (1.2) | 1.5 (0.1) | 0.75 (0.04) |
April | 20 | 143.6 (9.0) | 138.0 (10.3) | 12.0 (0.1) | 0.49 (0.04) | 47.4 (3.0) | 5.8 (0.4) | 2.60 (0.21) |
May | 16 | 108.2 (8.0) | 95.7 (7.4) | 7.9 (0.1) | 0.46 (0.04) | 39.2 (2.5) | 4.3 (0.3) | 1.36 (0.10) |
June | 15 | 259.6 (13.0) | 251.1 (11.1) | 26.0 (0.1) | 2.97 (0.20) | 89.6 (6.0) | 9.2 (0.6) | 6.35 (0.35) |
July | 20 | 507.6 (23.0) | 405.9 (19.8) | 75.1 (0.5) | 4.73 (0.36) | 307.3 (12.0) | 51.3 (2.3) | 17.09 (1.00) |
August | 15 | 327.8 (2.8) | 289.7 (3.0) | 32.6 (0.2) | 3.01 (0.25) | 231.5 (10.0) | 28.2 (1.2) | 5.63 (0.23) |
September | 17 | 130.9 (7.6) | 88.3 (6.1) | 8.9 (0.1) | 0.61 (0.05) | 82.5 (5.0) | 10.1 (0.7) | 0.92 (0.07) |
October | 16 | 201.0 (7.0) | 131.7 (4.3) | 14.1 (0.2) | 1.10 (0.09) | 123.2 (8.9) | 18.4 (1.1) | 1.48 (0.10) |
November | 16 | 73.1 (5.3) | 64.4 (3.0) | 19.6 (0.2) | 0.46 (0.04) | 57.2 (4.5) | 24.3 (1.0) | 2.58 (0.12) |
December | 17 | 69.1 (4.6) | 50.8 (2.2) | 14.5 (0.1) | 0.13 (0.01) | 58.9 (3.5) | 8.0 (0.7) | 2.69 (0.11) |
TOTAL | 192 | 1984.2 (6.0) | 1663.9 (5.9) | 236.2 (9.9) | 14.2 (0.3) | 1072.3 (14.3) | 161.8 (5.3) | 41.5 (1.5) |
Abbreviations: PP = precipitation, TF = throughfall, SF = stemflow, SR = surface runoff, FFL = forest floor leachate, SW1 = soil water at 40 cm belowground, SW2 = soil water at 100 cm belowground. SD in parentheses, n = 3.