Water quality response to the Angora Fire, Lake Tahoe, California

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 361-376

  Oliver, Allison A ^a   Reuter, John E ^a   Heyvaert, Alan C ^b   Dahlgren, Randy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nutrients; Streams; Water quality; Watershed response; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EROSION CONTROL; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; LAKE TAHOE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873171558     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-011-9657-0     Document Type: Article

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