| Title | Biogeochemical Signals of Mountainous Forested Watersheds' Response to Disturbance |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2018 |
| Authors | Guerrero-Bolaño, Francisco J. |
| Academic Department | Water Resources Science Program and College of Forestry. Sustainable Forest Management Program |
| Degree | Ph. D. |
| Pagination | 152 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | Alsea River, carbon, chemistry, coastal hazards, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, geography, geology, human impacts, hydrology, isotopes, landslides, logging, nitrogen, Umpqua River |
| Notes | A large quantity of small particles of organic matter in rivers comes from small mountainous streams. Thus, small mountainous watersheds play a critical role in the carbon cycle. Some organic matter export is driven by natural causes: fire, landslides, floods, while in recent years most particulate export has come from anthropogenic causes such as logging and road-building. “In this dissertation, we studied patterns of POM [particulate organic matter] mobilization, transport, and deposition to understand better how fundamental biogeochemical processes in forested mountainous watersheds respond to disturbances triggered by natural and human forcings” (from the Abstract). Different watersheds respond to disturbances in different ways, and the author advocates for understanding a watershed’s history in order to understand how the watershed responds to environmental changes. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/dj52wb24f |
