Effects of managed burning upon dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in soil water and runoff water following a managed burn of a UK blanket bog

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 367, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 41-51

  Clay, Gareth D ^a   Worrall, Fred ^a   Fraser, Evan D G ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burning; DOC; Grazing; Peat; Sheep; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISSOLUTION; FIRE HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; POTABLE WATER; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; UNDERWATER SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WOOL;

ABSORBANCE; AFTER-BURNING; BURNING; BURNING TREATMENTS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBONS; DOC; DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES; GRAZING; LONG TERMS; LONG-TERM EXPERIMENTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; RUNOFF WATERS; SHEEP; SHORT TERMS; SOIL WATERS;

WATER RECYCLING;

BOG; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GRAZING; RUNOFF; SHEEP; SOIL WATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

CALLUNA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 60549102290     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.12.022     Document Type: Article

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