Associations between watershed characteristics, runoff, and stream water quality: Hypothesis development for watershed disturbance experiments and modelling in the Forest Watershed and Riparian Disturbance (FORWARD) project

Journal of Environmental Engineering and Science

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Prepas, E E ^a,d   Burke, J M ^a   Whitson, I R ^b   Putz, G ^c   Smith, D W ^d  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Millar Western Forest Products Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Forest harvest; Nutrients; Peatland; Runoff; Stream; Suspended sediments; Watershed disturbance; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRITION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BOREAL FOREST; SOIL DISTRIBUTION; WATERSHED CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 33846872338     PISSN: 14962551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/S05-033     Document Type: Article

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