Sediment aggregation and water quality in wildfire-affected river basins

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 653-659

  Blake, W H ^a   Wallbrink, P J ^b   Droppo, I G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Phosphorus; Soil aggregate

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHORUS; RIVER BASIN; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WATER QUALITY; WILDFIRE;

EID: 68449084884     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF08068     Document Type: Article

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