Effectiveness of Forestry Best Management Practices in Minimizing Harvesting Impacts on Streamflow and Sediment Loading in Low-Gradient Headwaters of the Gulf Coastal Plain

Few studies have examined the effectiveness of timber harvesting Best Management Practices (BMPs) in water quality protection of widely-spread, low-gradient, and highly intermittent headwaters on the Gulf Coastal Plain. Also, a spatial disparity exists between the plot-scale water quality benefits a...

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Main Author: Brown, Kristopher
Other Authors: Deng, Zhi-Qiang
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: LSU 2010
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Online Access:http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-09222010-164535/