The impact of conifer harvesting on stream water quality: The Afon Hafren, mid-Wales

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 503-520

  Neal, Colin ^a   Reynolds, Brian ^b   Neal, Margaret ^a   Wickham, Heather ^a   Hill, Linda ^a   Williams, Bronwen ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidification; Afon Hafren; Alkalinity; Aluminium; ANC; Deforestation; Dissolved organic carbon; Forest; Nitrate; PH; Plynlimon; Podzol; Spruce; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFORESTATION; GROUNDWATER; WATER QUALITY;

CEREDIGION; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PLYNLIMON; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA;

EID: 8644254945     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-503-2004     Document Type: Article

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