Land, Air and Water Resources Paper: Effects of Forest Harvest on Biogeochemical Processes in the Caspar Creek Watershed.

摘要

The primary objective of this study was to examine the cumulative effects of forest management practices on stream water solute concentrations and on nutrient cycling in a coastal redwood/Doug fir ecosystem. Specific objectives were to: (1) Examine changes in stream water solute concentrations and nutrient fluxes following various harvest and post-harvest forest management practices, (2) Examine the magnitude and spatial pattern of downstream impacts associated with disturbance in headwater catchments, (3) Examine the relationship, between stream water and pipeflow solute concentrations and their relationship to stream discharge, and (4) Compare nutrient cycling within clearcut and non-undisturbed (reference) catchments.