Stream exports of coarse matter and phosphorus following wildfire in NE Victoria, Australia

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1514-1529

  Noske, Philip J ^a   Lane, Patrick N J ^a   Sheridan, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bedload; Eucalypt forests; Phosphorus export; Sediment; Water quality; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

BED LOAD; EUCALYPT FOREST; EUCALYPT FORESTS; EXPORT RATE; HEADWATER CATCHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AGGREGATE; STREAM WATER; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; UPLAND CATCHMENT; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; FIRES; HYDRAULICS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LANDFORMS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RIVERS;

BEDLOAD; CATCHMENT; DISCHARGE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PHOSPHORUS; STREAM; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WILDFIRE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77953662363     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7616     Document Type: Article

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