Effect of Soils on Water Quantity and Quality in Piedmont Forested Headwater Watersheds of North Carolina

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 132-150

  Boggs, Johnny ^a   Sun, Ge ^a   Jones, David ^b   Mcnulty, Steven G ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b NCDA Forest Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Carolina Slate Belt; Forest hydrology; North Carolina Piedmont; Streamflow; Triassic Basins; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM CONCENTRATIONS; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BIOTIC INDEX; CAROLINAS; CLAY CONTENT; DORMANT SEASONS; GROWING SEASON; HEAD WATERS; LAND-USE CHANGE; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MONITORING PERIODS; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; QUALITY DATA; SOIL FORMATIONS; TRIASSIC; WATER QUANTITIES; WATER YIELD;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; RUNOFF; SLATE; SOILS; STORMS; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

LANDFORMS;

AMMONIUM; CLAY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWING SEASON; HEADWATER; NITRATE; PIEDMONT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STREAMFLOW; URBAN GROWTH; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CLAY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; SOIL; STREAM FLOW; USA; WATER QUALITY; WATER SHEDS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873319462     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12001     Document Type: Article

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