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Mid- And Long-Term Effects Of Wildfire And Debris Flows On Stream Ecosystem Metabolism, Quenton M. Tuckett, Peter Koetsier
Mid- And Long-Term Effects Of Wildfire And Debris Flows On Stream Ecosystem Metabolism, Quenton M. Tuckett, Peter Koetsier
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Wildfire is an important and prevalent agent of disturbance in vegetated landscapes across much of the Earth’s surface, including forested watersheds in the arid western USA. Between 1992 and 2003, >40% of the watersheds in the upper reaches of the Boise River watershed in central Idaho burned. The purpose of our study was to investigate the legacy effects of wildfire on stream ecosystems by analyzing the relationship between wildfire and resulting debris flows and their joint effects on stream ecosystem metabolism in 31 streams. The watersheds of ∼½ of these streams burned within the last 11 y, and some of …