The effect of a wildfire on stream water quality and catchment water yield in a tropical savanna excluded from fire for 10 years (Kakadu National Park, North Australia)

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 3051-3058

  Townsend, Simon A ^a   Douglas, Michael M ^b  

^a Plan Environ   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Erosion; Hydrology; Loads; Riparian vegetation; Savanna; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; IRON; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER TREATMENT;

STREAM WATER QUALITY; WILDFIRE;

WATER QUALITY;

IRON; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SAVANNA; STREAMWATER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER QUALITY; WILDFIRE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANOPY; CATCHMENT; FIRE; FOREST; LEAF LITTER; NATIONAL PARK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA; SEASON; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KAKADU NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

RIPARIA;

EID: 3142720412     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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