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Land management impacts on water quality following fire in a major water supply catchment

Date

Authors

Wade, Alan

White, Ian

Worthy, Martin

Gill, A Malcom

Mueller, Norm

Taylor, P.

Wasson, Robert

Publisher

Engineers Media Pty Ltd

Abstract

Salvage harvesting and land clearance to re-establish radiata plantations in the lower catchment followed the January 2003 bushfires in the Cotter River water supply catchment. We report impacts of post-fire catchment disturbance on water quality and prel

Keywords

Keywords: Annual specific sediment yield; Bushfires; Catchment management; Forestry practices; Land managements; Low-intensity rainfall; Salvage harvesting; Suspended sediment concentrations; Fires; Reforestation; Runoff; Sediments; Water quality; Water supply; Cat Bushfires; Catchment management; Catchment rehabilitation; Fire recovery; Forestry practice; Salvage harvesting; Water quality; Water supply catchment

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/73349

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Australian Journal of Water Resources

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.7158/W10-841.2013.16.2

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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