Biotic response to forest harvesting in acidic blanket peat fed streams: A case study from Ireland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 729-739

  O'Driscoll, Connie ^a,b   de Eyto, Elvira ^c   O'Connor, Mark ^a   Asam, Zaki ul Zaman ^b   Rodgers, Michael ^a   Xiao, Liwen ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Blanket peat; Diatoms; Forest clearfelling; Macroinvertebrates; Nutrients; Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Indexed keywords

BLANKET PEAT; CLEAR-FELLING; DIATOMS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

BIODIVERSITY; CATCHMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; EUTROPHICATION; NUTRIENTS; PEAT; RUNOFF; WATER CONSERVATION;

FORESTRY;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMONITORING; CARBON; CATCHMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HARVESTING; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER BUDGET;

BIODIVERSITY; EUTROPHICATION; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PEAT; RUNOFF; WATER MANAGEMENT;

IRELAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84888130186     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.09.018     Document Type: Article

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