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Abstract
Extensive research has been conducted on headwater streams in regions with high topographic variation. However, relatively few studies have examined low-gradient headwater stream systems, such as those existing in much of the southeastern Coastal Plain. The focus of this study is to investigate spatial and temporal variation of headwater stream hydrology in a low-gradient forested watershed and determine their effect on the transport of suspended and dissolved sediment. Stream discharge and sediment loads were monitored from December 2005 to April 2007 throughout a central Louisiana third-order watershed, with stream channel slopes of
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Citation
Saksa, Philip; Xu, Yi Jun; Stich, Richard. 2013. Hydrologic influence on sediment transport of low-gradient, forested headwater streams in central Louisiana. In: Guldin, James M., ed. 2013. Proceedings of the 15th biennial southern silvicultural research conference. e-Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-GTR-175. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 551-558.
