Assessment of forestry best management practices II: patterns in stream biological endpoints in terms of natural variability and fertilization

Camille Flinders; Daniel L. McLaughlin; Larry Korhnak; William J. Arthurs; Joan Ikoma; Matthew J. Cohen; Erik B. Schilling

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Assessment of forestry best management practices II: patterns in stream biological endpoints in terms of natural variability and fertilization

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Authors:

Camille Flinders, Daniel L. McLaughlin, Larry Korhnak, William J. Arthurs, Joan Ikoma, Matthew J. Cohen, Erik B. Schilling

Year:

2016

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

Source:

In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical Report SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 302 p.

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Abstract

Watersheds dominated by forest cover typically have high quality water. In managed forests, fertilizers may be periodically applied during the growing period. The Florida Forest Service has developed Best Management Practices (BMPs) for managed forests to minimize the potential impacts of forestry operations, including fertilization, to forest streams and maintain water quality. However, a comprehensive study evaluating stream condition (i.e. water quality and biota) prior to, during, and following fertilization in the context of BMPs and natural variability has not been conducted.

Parent Publication

Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management - Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds

Citation

Flinders, Camille; McLaughlin, Daniel L.; Korhnak, Larry; Arthurs, William J.; Ikoma, Joan; Cohen, Matthew J.; Schilling, Erik B. 2016. Assessment of forestry best management practices II: patterns in stream biological endpoints in terms of natural variability and fertilization. In: Stringer, Christina E.; Krauss, Ken W.; Latimer, James S., eds. 2016. Headwaters to estuaries: advances in watershed science and management -Proceedings of the Fifth Interagency Conference on Research in the Watersheds. March 2-5, 2015, North Charleston, South Carolina. e-General Technical Report SRS-211. Asheville, NC: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 1 p.