Nutrient concentration dynamics in an inland Pacific Northwest watershed before and after timber harvest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1663-1675

  Gravelle, J A ^a   Ice, G ^b   Link, T E ^a   Cook, D L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b National Council for Air   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Idaho; Mica Creek; Nitrate; Nitrogen; Nutrients; Orthophosphate; Pacific Northwest; Phosphorus; Timber harvest; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MICA; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; ROADS AND STREETS; SILICATE MINERALS; TIMBER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

BEFORE AND AFTER; CONSTRUCTION PERIODS; CUMULATIVE EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL WATERSHEDS; FOREST MANAGEMENTS; FORESTED WATERSHEDS; HEADWATER FORESTS; IDAHO; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LOADS; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; POST HARVESTS; PRE TREATMENTS; SITE PREPARATIONS; TIMBER HARVEST; TIMBER HARVESTING; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; WATER DRAINING; WATER SAMPLES;

RIVERS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUND; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CLEARCUTTING; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; REGROWTH; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SITE PREPARATION; TIMBER HARVESTING; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

AMMONIA; CONSTRUCTION; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LOGGING; MICA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RIVERS; ROADS; SILICATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

IDAHO; MICA CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62049085595     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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