Effects of Forested Streamside Management Zone Widths and Thinning on Carbon Dynamics and Benthic Macroinvertebrates for Pine Plantations in the Piedmont of Virginia
To protect the integrity of the United Stateâ s waters, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972 promoted the establishment of Best Management Practices (BMPs) for forestry. A commonly used BMP is the reservation of Streamside Management Zones (SMZs). In this study the effectiveness of thr...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36032 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12092008-090112/ |