| Title | A multicatchment analysis of headwater and downstream temperature effects from contemporary forest harvesting |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2018 |
| Authors | Bladon, Kevin D., Catalina Segura, Nicholas A. Cook, Sharon Bywater-Reyes, and Maryanne Reiter |
| Secondary Title | Hydrological Processes |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | p. 293-304 |
| Date Published | 15 Jan 2018 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study, Deer Creek, Flynn Creek, geology, Hinkle Creek Study, human impacts, logging, Needle Branch, North Fork Hinkle Creek, South Fork Hinkle Creek, Trask River, Umpqua River Basin, water temperature |
| Notes | In this study, summer stream temperatures were measured before and after logging in 29 sites in 3 different paired watershed study areas in Western Oregon. The Alsea River Basin, Hinkle Creek Basin (Umpqua) and Trask River Basin all have paired catchment areas in which part of the watershed is logged and part is left in an unlogged reference state. Researchers observed increased water temperatures after logging in small headwater streams, but temperatures rapidly decreased after the streams flowed into unlogged shady areas. One interesting aspect of this study was the effect of the permeability of underlying geological formations. Less permeable formations experienced the greatest rise in stream temperatures, and the authors note that this phenomenon should be researched further. |
| DOI | 10.1002/hyp.11415 |
