Effects of managed burning in comparison with vegetation cutting on dissolved organic carbon concentrations in peat soils

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 3994-4003

  Worrall, Fred ^a   Rowson, James ^a,b   Dixon, Simon ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DOC; Peat; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DEPTH TO WATER TABLES; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOC; DOC CONCENTRATIONS; MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS; SURFACE RUNOFF WATERS; WATER TABLE DECREASE; WATER TABLE DEPTHS;

CATCHMENTS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER; PEAT; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STREAM FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

VEGETATION;

BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PEAT SOIL; PEATLAND; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; STREAMWATER; VEGETATION COVER; WATER DEPTH; WATER TABLE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84890309408     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9474     Document Type: Article

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