Categorisation of wetland study
Category of wetland study	Code	Explanation
Conceptual catchment model	CCM	Calibration and application of a conceptual catchment model
Water balance	WB	Quantification of the terms of the catchment and/or wetland water balance
Long-term hydrograph	LTH	Analysis of the characteristics of long time series of river flows
Single-event hydrograph	SEH	Analysis of the characteristics of a single river flow event
Trend analysis in time series	TS	Analysis of trends in hydrological time series (associated with detecting the impacts of drainage)
Component process	CP	Investigation of an individual water balance component or hydrological process. (See Table 5 for definitions of '')
Chemical balance	CHEM	Quantification of a chemical process or chemical balance