| Title | Understanding dissolved oxygen concentrations in a discontinuously perennial stream within a managed forest |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Ice, George G., Cody V. Hale, Jeffrey T. Light, Ariel Muldoon, Amy Simmons, and Terry Bousquet |
| Secondary Title | Forest Ecology and Management |
| Volume | 479 |
| Number | 118531 |
| Pagination | 14 p. |
| Date Published | 2021, Jan. 1 |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Electronic Subscription |
| Keywords | Alsea River Basin, Alsea Watershed Study, Deer Creek, dissolved oxygen, Drift Creek, Flynn Creek, human impacts, logging, natural resource management, Needle Branch, riparian areas, terrestrial vegetation, water quality, water temperature |
| Notes | The classic Alsea Watershed Study (1958-1973) established ways that traditional logging methods harmed aquatic organisms. Practices such as dumping slash in streams lowered the amount of dissolved oxygen available to fishes. This paper gives data from a second (The Alsea Watershed Study Revisited, 2006-2015) look at the streams featured in the original Study, in light of contemporary forest management practices. The new research shows that small streams that can go dry in times of low flow may naturally have periods of low oxygen unrelated to logging. Contemporary logging does not seem to affect dissolved oxygen levels in streams. |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118531 |
| Series Title | Forest Ecology and Management |
