Water quality effects of clearcut harvesting and forest fertilization with best management practices

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-124

  McBroom, Matthew W ^a   Beasley, R Scott ^a   Chang, Mingteh ^a   Ice, George G ^b  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HERBICIDES; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

AMMONIA NITROGEN; SILVICULTURAL PRACTICES; SURFACE WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

AMMONIA; HERBICIDE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FERTILIZATION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AMMONIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RIVERS; TEXAS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

AMMONIA; FORESTS; HARVESTING; HERBICIDES; SILVICULTURE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 38349149832     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0552     Document Type: Article

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