Stream temperature relationships to forest harvest in Western Washington

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 141-156

  Pollock, Michael M ^a   Beechie, Timothy J ^a   Liermann, Martin ^a   Bigley, Richard E ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Washington State Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluvial processes; Land use land cover change; Riparian ecology; Streamflow; Temperature; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; SOIL CONSERVATION; STANDARDS; STREAM FLOW; TIMBER; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

FLUVIAL PROCESSES; LAND USE/LAND COVER CHANGE; RIPARIAN ECOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

HARVESTING;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLUVIAL PROCESS; LAND USE CHANGE; RIPARIAN FOREST; RIVER BASIN; STANDARD (REGULATION); STREAMWATER; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LOGGING; MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVERS; SOIL; STANDARDS; STREAM FLOW; TEMPERATURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SHEDS;

CLEARWATER RIVER [WASHINGTON]; HOH RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

SALMONIDAE;

EID: 58849121007     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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