The effects of watershed disturbance on dissolved organic carbon dynamics of a stream. Meyer, J. Ecology, 1983.
The effects of watershed disturbance on dissolved organic carbon dynamics of a stream. [pdf]Paper  abstract   bibtex   
The response of a stream ecosystem to watershed disturbance was investigated by comparing budgets of DOC for a stream draining an undisturbed watershed with a stream draining a watershed clearcut 2 years previously. Both streams had elevated DOC concentration during storms. In the undisturbed stream, DOC concentration increased from seep to weir during the growing season. DOC concentration and annual export from the clearcut watershed was less (9.8 - 11.5 kg/ha) than from the reference (14.6 - 15.1 kg/ha). Lower export was partly due to reduced DOC inputs from throughfall and leaching litter, but most importantly to lower DOC inputs in subsurface water and less in-stream generation of DOC. The rate of recovery of this stream from disturbance is dependent on the rate at which the terrestrial system recovers.

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