Cumulative watershed effects: a research perspective

Leslie M. Reid; Robert Ziemer

Treesearch

Cumulative watershed effects: a research perspective

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Leslie M. Reid, Robert Ziemer

Year:

1989

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 70(43): 1120-1121

Download (PDF 10 KB)

Download (PDF 10 KB): https://research.fs.usda.gov/download/treesearch/3568.pdf

Abstract

A cumulative watershed effect (CWE) is any response to multiple land-use activities that is caused by, or results in, altered watershed function. The CWE issue is politically defined, as is the significance of particular impacts. But the processes generating CWEs are the traditional focus of geomorphology and ecology, and have thus been studied for decades. The CWE issue is complicated by the variety of land-use activities which cause impacts, and by the multitude of philosophical and economic values impacted.

Keywords

PSW4351, cumulative watershed effects, geomophology, ecology, water quaility, sediment

Citation

Reid, Leslie M.; Ziemer, Robert R. 1989. Cumulative watershed effects: a research perspective. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 70(43): 1120-1121