Effects of timber harvest on suspended sediment loads in Mica Creek, Idaho

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-188

  Karwan, Diana L ^a   Gravelle, John A ^b   Hubbart, Jason A ^b  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Interior Northwest; Paired watershed study; Total suspended solids; Watershed

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; SEDIMENTS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATERSHEDS;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; INTERIOR NORTHWEST; PAIRED WATERSHED STUDY; STREAM MONITORING;

TIMBER;

FORESTS; HARVESTING; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; SEDIMENTS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34147150658     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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