Water quality of some logged and unlogged California streams

Fredric R. Kopperdahl; James W. Burns; Gary E. Smith

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Water quality of some logged and unlogged California streams

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Fredric R. Kopperdahl, James W. Burns, Gary E. Smith

Year:

1971

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Pacific Southwest Research Station

Source:

Inland Fisheries Administrative Rept. No. 71-12. California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, California. 19 p.

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Abstract

Water quality was monitored in 1968 and 1969 in six coastal streams in northern California, four of which were subjected to logging and/or road building (Bummer Lake Creek, South Fork Yager Creek, Little North Fork Noyo River, and South Fork Caspar Creek), while the others remained undisturbed (Godwood Creek and North Fork Caspar Creek). The purposes of this study were to characterize the water quality of the streams, to determine if the logging and road construction drastically altered water quality, and to collect water quality data which could be tested for predicting stream carrying capacities for salmonids.

Keywords

PSW4351, Caspar Creek, water quality, streams, salmonids, turbidity, logging, water monitoring

Citation

Kopperdahl, Fredric R.; Burns, James W.; Smith, Gary E. 1971. Water quality of some logged and unlogged California streams. Inland Fisheries Administrative Rept. No. 71-12. California Department of Fish and Game, Sacramento, California. 19 p.