Effects of Multiple Fires on Nutrient Yields from Streams Draining Boreal Forest and Fen Watersheds: Nitrogen and Phosphorus

Bayley, Suzanne E.; Schindler, D. W.; Beaty, K. G.; Parker, Brian; Stainton, M. P.

doi:10.1139/f92-068

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“…Thus, we did not observed significant changes in such properties as runoff/ precipitation ratios that have been noted for small basins elsewhere in the boreal forest (e.g., Bayley et al 1992).…”

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Boreal forest disturbance and streamflow response, northeastern Ontario

Buttle¹,

Metcalfe²

2000

Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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Abstract:The effects of forest disturbance on streamflow from small (<10 km 2 ) basins have been well documented; however, implications of such disturbance for streamflow from relatively large rivers in the Canadian boreal forest are unclear. Landsat imagery was used to determine changes in the type, amount, and location of forest disturbance in northeastern Ontario between 1985 and 1990. These were compared with streamflow responses from medium-and large-scale basins in the region. Harvesting dominated forest disturbance, and total disturbance as of 1990 ranged from 25% of basin area in the northwest part of the region to 5% in the southeast. There was limited streamflow response to land cover changes, with no definitive changes in water year runoff or peak flow magnitude and timing. This likely reflects the ability of relatively large basins to buffer the hydrologic impacts of the small degree of recent forest disturbance, combined with the influence of climatic variability on temporal trends in basin streamflow. However, disturbance was associated with increases in moderate and low flows from medium and large basins, respectively, which occurred largely during summer months.Résumé : Les effets des perturbations de la forêt sur l'écoulement dans les petits bassins (<10 km 2 ) sont bien documentés, mais les incidences de ces perturbations sur le débit de cours d'eau relativement grands dans la forêt boréale canadienne ne sont pas clairs. Nous avons eu recours à l'imagerie Landsat pour déterminer les changements dans le type, l'importance et la localisation des perturbations de la forêt dans le nord-ouest de l'Ontario entre 1985 et 1990. Nous avons comparé ces éléments aux réactions dans l'écoulement de bassins d'échelle moyenne à grande dans la ré-gion. C'est l'exploitation forestière qui dominait les perturbations, et la perturbation totale en 1990 allait de 25% de la superficie du bassin dans la zone nord-ouest à 5% dans le sud-est. La réaction de l'écoulement au changement dans la couverture du sol était limitée, et aucun changement définitif n'a été noté dans le volume d'écoulement annuel ni dans l'ampleur et le calendrier des pics de débit. Cela s'explique vraisemblablement par l'aptitude des bassins relativement grands à compenser les impacts hydrologiques d'un faible degré de perturbation récente de la forêt, combinée à l'influence de la variabilité climatique sur les tendances temporelles du débit des bassins. Toutefois, la perturbation était associée à des hausses des écoulements modérés et faibles des bassins de taille moyenne et grande, respectivement, qui se produisaient essentiellement pendant les mois d'été.[Traduit par la Rédaction] Buttle and Metcalfe 18

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 42%

Boreal forest disturbance and streamflow response, northeastern Ontario

Buttle¹,

Metcalfe²

2000

Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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“…Post-fire ash flows in dry areas can drastically increase nutrients (Earl and Blinn 2003) and, ultimately, can cause great harm to existing biota. Forest fires generally increase nutrient loads (e.g., Minshall et al 1989, Bayley et al 1992. In some grassland studies, nutrients increased after burning (e.g., Dodds et al 1996), but in others, nutrients decreased after burning (Larson et al 2013a, b).…”

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The Stream Biome Gradient Concept: factors controlling lotic systems across broad biogeographic scales

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We propose the Stream Biome Gradient Concept as a way to predict macroscale biological patterns in streams. This concept is based on the hypothesis that many abiotic and biotic features of streams change predictably along climate (temperature and precipitation) gradients because of direct influences of climate on hydrology, geomorphology, and interactions mediated by terrestrial vegetation. The Stream Biome Gradient Concept generates testable hypotheses related to continental variation among streams worldwide and allows aquatic scientists to understand how results from one biome might apply to a less-studied biome. Some predicted factors change monotonically across the biome/climate gradients, whereas others have maxima or minima in the central portion of the gradient. For example, predictions across the gradient from drier deserts through grasslands to wetter forests include more permanent flow, less bare ground, lower erosion and sediment transport rates, decreased importance of autochthonous C inputs to food webs, and greater stream animal species richness. In contrast, effects of large ungulate grazers on streams are expected to be greater in grasslands than in forests or deserts, and fire is expected to have weaker effects in grassland streams than in desert and forest streams along biome gradients with changing precipitation and constant latitude or elevation. Understanding historic patterns among biomes can help describe the evolutionary template at relevant biogeographic scales, can be used to broaden other conceptual models of stream ecology, and could lead to better management and conservation across the broadest scales.

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“…There has been considerable debate in Canada as to whether management techniques must emulate these natural disturbances to sustain forest dynamics and biodiversity (Hunter, 1993). Hydrochemical responses to natural disturbances such as fire have (Schindler et al, 1980;Bayley et al, 1992;Carignan et al, 2000) and continue to be a major research focus. For example, Prepas et al (2003) found greater water yield during stormflow periods and increased particulate P export from a burned relative to a forested reference basin in central Alberta.…”

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confidence: 99%

Advances in Canadian Forest Hydrology, 2003-2007

Buttle¹,

Creed²,

Moore³

2009

Canadian Water Resources Journal

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Recent research in forest hydrology in Canada is reviewed, with a focus on studies of hydrological and hydrochemical processes in natural and disturbed forest landscapes during the 2003-2007 period. The value of hydrologic classification schemes for understanding these processes and guiding effective forest management practices is highlighted, as are the spatially and temporally extensive hydrologic datasets needed to test these classifications. Studies of hydrologic response to natural and anthropogenic forest disturbance are reviewed, and the strengths and limitations of paired-basin experiments for assessing forest disturbance effects on watershed processes are evaluated. Recent shifts in the context of forest hydrology research in Canada are presented, such as issues of climate warming, the mismatch between experimental and management scales, and the increasing need to address cumulative effects of both natural and anthropogenic forest disturbance.Résumé : Les recherches récentes en hydrologie des forêts sont examinées, l'accent étant mis sur l'étude des processus hydrologiques et hydrochimiques dans les paysages forestiers naturels et perturbés de 2003 à 2007. La valeur des plans de classification hydrologique pour la compréhension de ces processus et pour l'orientation des pratiques de gestion efficace des forêts est mise en relief, tout comme les ensembles de données extensives, spatiales et temporelles, nécessaires pour tester ces classifications. Les études de la réponse hydrologique aux perturbations naturelles et anthropiques de la forêt sont examinées. Sont également évaluées les forces et les limitations des expériences entourant les bassins jumelés pour l'analyse des effets de la perturbation des forêts sur les processus liés aux bassins hydrographiques. Sont aussi abordés les changements récents touchant les recherches en hydrologie des forêts au Canada, notamment le problème du changement climatique, le décalage entre l'échelle expérimentale et l'échelle de gestion, et le besoin croissant de s'attaquer aux effets cumulatifs de la perturbation des forêts, d'origine naturelle ou anthropique. 114Canadian Water Resources Journal/Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques

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Effects of Multiple Fires on Nutrient Yields from Streams Draining Boreal Forest and Fen Watersheds: Nitrogen and Phosphorus

Cited by 158 publications

References 19 publications

Boreal forest disturbance and streamflow response, northeastern Ontario

Boreal forest disturbance and streamflow response, northeastern Ontario

The Stream Biome Gradient Concept: factors controlling lotic systems across broad biogeographic scales

Advances in Canadian Forest Hydrology, 2003-2007

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