Ecological Effects on Streams from Forest Fertilization-Literature Review and Conceptual Framework for Future Study in the Western Cascades

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Title Ecological Effects on Streams from Forest Fertilization-Literature Review and Conceptual Framework for Future Study in the Western Cascades
Creator Anderson, Chauncey W.
Subject Water quality; Water conservation; Nutrient pollution of water; Stream ecology; Watersheds
Spatial Coverage Portland (Or.); Oregon
Description Fertilization of forests with urea-nitrogen has been studied numerous times for its effects on water quality. Stream nitrogen concentrations following fertilization are typically elevated during winter, including peaks in the tens-of-thousands of parts per billion range, with summer concentrations often returning to background or near-background levels. Despite these increases, waterquality criteria for nitrogen have rarely been exceeded. However, such criteria are targeted at fish toxicity or human health and are not relevant to concentrations that could cause ecological disturbances. Studies of the responses of stream biota to fertilization have been rare and have targeted either immediate, toxicity-based responses or used methods insensitive to ongoing ecological processes. This report reviews water-quality studies following forest fertilizations, emphasizing Cascade streams in the Pacific Northwest and documented biological responses in those streams. A conceptual model predicting
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributors The Bureau Of Land Management
Date 2002
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Digitization Specifications pdf file copied from USGS website (http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs ). Uploaded into CONTENTdm version 3.7.
Identifier http://or.water.usgs.gov/pubs/WRIR01-4047/
Source Anderson, Chauncey W., Ecological Effects on Streams from Forest Fertilization-Literature Review and Conceptual Framework for Future Study in the Western Cascades, Portland, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4047, p56
Language eng
Rights Management Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS
Holding Institution University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6v123pk
Setname wwdl_er
ID 1145745
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v123pk
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