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Type: Journal Article
Publication Date: 1975
After a wildfire in the virgin forest of a lake-watershed region in northeastern Minnesota, the phosphorus concentration in the runoff was elevated for 2 years and decreased in the third year. However, there was no increase in the phosphorus concentrations of a lake and its input stream. This indicates that, under similar circumstances, controlled burning will not damage streams or lakes by elevating phosphorus levels.
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Citation: McColl, John G.; Grigal, David F. 1975. Forest fire: effects on phosphorus movement to lakes. Science 188(4193):1109-1111.
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Keywords:
- Abies balsamea
- Acer rubrum
- algae
- ash
- Betula papyrifera
- catastrophic fires
- chance ignition prescribed fires
- chemistry
- controlled burn
- crown fires
- crowns
- ecosystem dynamics
- forest management
- fuel types
- hardwoods
- heat
- heat effects
- lakes
- logging
- Minnesota
- moisture
- national forests
- nutrients
- phosphorus
- Picea mariana
- pine forests
- pine hardwood forests
- Pinus banksiana
- Pinus resinosa
- Pinus strobus
- plant growth
- plant species diversity
- Populus grandidentata
- Populus tremuloides
- post-fire recovery
- regeneration
- runoff
- sampling
- season of fire
- seedlings
- slash
- Smokey Bear program
- soil leaching
- streamflow
- streams
- water quality
- watershed management
- watersheds
- wilderness areas
- wildfires
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