The impacts of conifer harvesting on runoff water quality: A regional survey for Wales

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 323-344

  Neal, Colin ^a   Reynolds, Brian ^b   Wilkinson, Jeremy ^a   Hill, Timothy ^a   Neal, Margaret ^a   Hill, Susan ^a   Harrow, Martin ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; LOGGING; PH; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

EID: 0032432460     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-2-323-1998     Document Type: Article

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