BBAuthors: Perkins, K.S.; Advisor: -; Participants: Miller, D.M.; Sandquist, D.R.; Macias, M.; Roach, A. (2018)
We also conducted 90 single‐ring, ponded infiltration experiments in adjacent channels to evaluate field‐saturated hydraulic conductivity and particle size distributions. The abandoned channels are still morphologically evident but are disconnected from runoff sources at higher elevations. Infiltration test results show that water infiltrates twice as fast in the active channels. Excavation showed weak soil development with fewer plant roots beneath the abandoned channel. Scanning electron microscopy of surface samples showed the presence of cyanobacteria only in abandoned channels. Plants up to 3 m away from both channels showed physiological responses to channel water applied in a s... 
