Use of natural temperature patterns to identify achievable stream temperature criteria for forest streams

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 252-259

  Ice, George G ^a   Light, Jeff ^b   Reiter, Maryanne ^c  

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

^b Plum Creek Timber Company   (United States)

^c Weyerhaeuser NR   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish habitat; Forest practices; Least impaired Streams; Temperature; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MONITORING; OCEAN HABITATS; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATERSHEDS;

FISH HABITAT; FOREST PRACTICES; FOREST STREAMS; LEAST IMPAIRED STREAMS; NATURAL TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; STREAM TEMPERATURE; WILDERNESS;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MONITORING; PROTECTION; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SHEDS; WESTERN USA;

EID: 7744246446     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/19.4.252     Document Type: Article

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