Sediment trapping by streamside management zones of various widths after forest harvest and site preparation

Forest Science

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 541-551

  Lakel III, William A ^a   Aust, Wallace M ^b   Chad Bolding, M ^b   Andrew Dolloff, C ^c   Keyser, Patrick ^d   Feldt, Robert ^e  

^a Virginia Department of Forestry   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Virginia Tech ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Forest operations; Riparian forests; Sediment; Streamside management zones

Indexed keywords

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BLOCK DESIGNS; CHANNELIZED FLOW; EPHEMERAL STREAMS; EROSION RATES; FOREST HARVEST; FOREST OPERATION; INTERMITTENT STREAMS; LOBLOLLY PINE; PARTIAL HARVEST; PINUS TAEDA; RIPARIAN FORESTS; SEDIMENT DELIVERY RATIO; SEDIMENT TRAPPING; SITE PREPARATION; STREAMSIDE MANAGEMENT ZONE; SUBWATERSHEDS; WATER CONTROL;

EROSION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; HIGHWAY PLANNING; LANDFORMS; ROADS AND STREETS; SEDIMENT TRAPS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATERSHEDS;

SEDIMENTS;

EROSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PLANNING; ROADS; SEDIMENTS; WATER SHEDS;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 78650822307     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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