The influence of burn severity on dissolved organic carbon concentrations across a stream network differs based on seasonal wetness conditions

Wampler, Katie A.; Bladon, Kevin D.; Myers-Pigg, Allison N.

doi:10.5194/bg-21-3093-2024

The influence of burn severity on dissolved organic carbon concentrations across a stream network differs based on seasonal wetness conditions

Journal Article · Tue Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Biogeosciences (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3093-2024· OSTI ID:2477688

^[1]; Bladon, Kevin D. ^[1]; ^[2]

Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States)
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Univ. of Toledo, OH (United States)

Large, high-severity wildfires in many regions across the globe have increased concerns about their impacts on carbon cycling in watersheds. Altered sources of carbon and changes in catchment hydrology after wildfire can lead to shifts in dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in streams, which can have negative impacts on aquatic ecosystem health and downstream drinking-water treatment. Despite its importance, post-fire DOC responses remain relatively unconstrained in the literature, and we lack critical knowledge of how burn severity, landscape elements, and climate interact to affect DOC concentrations. To improve our understanding of the impact of burn severity on DOC concentrations, we measured DOC at 129 sites across a stream network extending upstream, within, and downstream of a large, high-severity wildfire in Oregon, USA. We collected samples across the study sub-basin during four distinct seasonal wetness conditions. We used our high-spatial-resolution data to develop spatial stream network (SSN) models to predict DOC across the stream network and to improve our understanding of the controls on DOC concentrations. Spatially, we found no obvious wildfire signal – instead, we observed a pattern of increasing DOC concentrations from the high-elevation headwaters to the sub-basin outlet, while the mainstem maintained consistently low DOC concentrations. This suggests that effects from large wildfires may be “averaged” out at higher stream orders and larger spatial scales. When we grouped DOC concentrations by burn severity group, we observed a significant decrease in the variability of DOC concentrations in the moderate and high burn severity sub-catchments. However, our SSN models were able to predict decreases in DOC concentrations with increases in burn severity across the stream network. Decreases in DOC concentrations were also highly variable across seasonal wetness conditions, with the greatest (–1.40 to –1.64 mg L^–1) decrease occurring in the high-severity group during the wetting season. Additionally, our models indicated that in all seasons, baseflow index was more influential in predicting DOC concentrations than burn severity was, indicating that groundwater discharge can obscure the impacts of wildfire in a stream network. Overall, our results suggested that landscape characteristics can regulate the DOC response to wildfire. Moreover, our results also indicated that the seasonal timing of sampling can influence the observed response of DOC concentrations to wildfire.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Earth & Environmental Systems Science (EESS)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 2477688

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--194635

Journal Information:: Biogeosciences (Online), Journal Name: Biogeosciences (Online) Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 21; ISSN 1726-4189

Publisher:: Copernicus Publications, EGUCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (121)

Downstream changes in DOC: Inferring contributions in the face of model uncertainties Tiwari, Tejshree; Laudon, Hjalmar; Beven, Keith Water Resources Research, Vol. 50, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014275	journal	January 2014
Preferential flow as a potential mechanism for fire-induced increase in streamflow Stoof, C. R.; Slingerland, E. C.; Mol, W. Water Resources Research, Vol. 50, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/2013WR014397	journal	February 2014
Scale-dependent groundwater contributions influence patterns of winter baseflow stream chemistry in boreal catchments: BASEFLOW CHEMISTRY IN BOREAL CATCHMENTS Peralta-Tapia, Andrés; Sponseller, Ryan A.; Ågren, Anneli Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Vol. 120, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JG002878	journal	May 2015
Removal of terrestrial DOC in aquatic ecosystems of a temperate river network Wollheim, W. M.; Stewart, R. J.; Aiken, G. R. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 42, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL064647	journal	August 2015
Dry‐season length and runoff control annual variability in stream DOC dynamics in a small, shallow groundwater‐dominated agricultural watershed Humbert, G.; Jaffrezic, A.; Fovet, O. Water Resources Research, Vol. 51, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR017336	journal	October 2015
Changes in evapotranspiration following wildfire in resprouting eucalypt forests: CHANGES IN EVAPOTRANSPIRATION FOLLOWING WILDFIRE IN RESPROUTING FORESTS Nolan, Rachael H.; Lane, Patrick N. J.; Benyon, Richard G. Ecohydrology https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1463	journal	January 2014
Hydrogeologic setting overrides any influence of wildfire on pore water dissolved organic carbon concentration and quality at a boreal fen Davidson, Scott J.; Elmes, Matthew C.; Rogers, Hayley Ecohydrology, Vol. 12, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2141	journal	August 2019
Wildfires and global change Pausas, Juli G.; Keeley, Jon E. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol. 19, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2359	journal	June 2021
Synthesis of soil-hydraulic properties and infiltration timescales in wildfire-affected soils: Synthesis of soil-hydraulic properties in wildfire-affected soils Ebel, Brian A.; Moody, John A. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 31, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10998	journal	November 2016
Watershed‐scale vegetation, water quantity, and water quality responses to wildfire in the southern Appalachian mountain region, United States Caldwell, Peter V.; Elliott, Katherine J.; Liu, Ning Hydrological Processes, Vol. 34, Issue 26 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13922	journal	October 2020
Effects of bedrock groundwater discharge on spatial variability of dissolved carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous concentrations in stream water within a forest headwater catchment Egusa, Tomohiro; Kumagai, Tomo'omi; Oda, Tomoki Hydrological Processes, Vol. 35, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13993	journal	December 2020
Flowpath controls on high‐spatial‐resolution water‐chemistry profiles in headwater streams Dupas, Rémi; Causse, Jean; Jaffrezic, Anne Hydrological Processes, Vol. 35, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14247	journal	June 2021
Effects of 2003 wildfires on stream chemistry in Glacier National Park, Montana Mast, M. Alisa; Clow, David W. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 22, Issue 26 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7121	journal	December 2008
Impact of wildfire on source water contributions in Devil Creek, CA: evidence from end-member mixing analysis Jung, Helen Y.; Hogue, Terri S.; Rademacher, Laura K. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 23, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.7132	journal	January 2009
Fine scale variations of surface water chemistry in an ephemeral to perennial drainage network: SPATIAL PATTERNS IN STREAM CHEMISTRY Zimmer, Margaret A.; Bailey, Scott W.; McGuire, Kevin J. Hydrological Processes, Vol. 27, Issue 24 https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9449	journal	July 2012
Terrestrial carbon inputs to inland waters: A current synthesis of estimates and uncertainty: Terrestrial carbon inputs to inland waters Drake, Travis W.; Raymond, Peter A.; Spencer, Robert G. M. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10055	journal	November 2017
Dissolved black carbon in aquatic ecosystems: Dissolved black carbon review Wagner, Sasha; Jaffé, Rudolf; Stubbins, Aron Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Vol. 3, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10076	journal	April 2018
Hydrology, rather than wildfire burn extent, determines post‐fire organic and black carbon export from mountain rivers in central coastal California Barton, Riley; Richardson, Christina M.; Pae, Evelyn Limnology and Oceanography Letters, Vol. 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10360	journal	October 2023
Hydrologically driven seasonal changes in the sources and production mechanisms of dissolved organic carbon in a small lowland catchment Lambert, Thibault; Pierson-Wickmann, Anne-Catherine; Gruau, Gérard Water Resources Research, Vol. 49, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1002/wrcr.20466	journal	September 2013
Concentration and composition of dissolved organic carbon in streams in relation to catchment soil properties Nelson, P. N.; Baldock, J. A.; Oades, J. M. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 19, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00000573	journal	January 1993
Hydrological controls on dissolved organic carbon during snowmelt in the Snake River near Montezuma, Colorado Hornberger, G. M.; Bencala, K. E.; McKnight, D. M. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 25, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00024390	journal	January 1994
Plumbing the Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Inland Waters into the Terrestrial Carbon Budget Cole, J. J.; Prairie, Y. T.; Caraco, N. F. Ecosystems, Vol. 10, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-006-9013-8	journal	February 2007
Ecosystem and Seasonal Control of Stream Dissolved Organic Carbon Along a Gradient of Land Use Wilson, Henry F.; Xenopoulos, Marguerite A. Ecosystems, Vol. 11, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-008-9142-3	journal	April 2008
The Legacy of a Severe Wildfire on Stream Nitrogen and Carbon in Headwater Catchments Rhoades, Charles C.; Chow, Alex T.; Covino, Timothy P. Ecosystems, Vol. 22, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0293-6	journal	August 2018
Dissolved organic carbon chemistry and dynamics in contrasting forest and grassland soils Sanderman, Jonathan; Baldock, Jeffrey A.; Amundson, Ronald Biogeochemistry, Vol. 89, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-008-9211-x	journal	June 2008
Influence of hydrology and seasonality on DOC exports from three contrasting upland catchments Dawson, J. J. C.; Soulsby, C.; Tetzlaff, D. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 90, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-008-9234-3	journal	August 2008
Seasonal variation of DOC concentration and annual loss of DOC from an Atlantic blanket bog in South Western Ireland Koehler, Ann-Kristin; Murphy, Kilian; Kiely, Gerard Biogeochemistry, Vol. 95, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-009-9333-9	journal	June 2009
Event controlled DOC export from forested watersheds Raymond, Peter A.; Saiers, James E. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 100, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-010-9416-7	journal	March 2010
Water quality response to the Angora Fire, Lake Tahoe, California Oliver, Allison A.; Reuter, John E.; Heyvaert, Alan C. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 111, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-011-9657-0	journal	September 2011
Permafrost and fire as regulators of stream chemistry in basins of the Central Siberian Plateau Parham, Lucy M.; Prokushkin, Anatoly S.; Pokrovsky, Oleg. S. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 116, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-013-9922-5	journal	October 2013
In-stream sources and links between particulate and dissolved black carbon following a wildfire Wagner, Sasha; Cawley, Kaelin M.; Rosario-Ortiz, Fernando L. Biogeochemistry, Vol. 124, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-015-0088-1	journal	March 2015
Dissolved organic carbon concentration and flux in a grassland stream: spatial and temporal patterns and processes from long-term data Rüegg, Janine; Eichmiller, Jessica J.; Mladenov, Natalie Biogeochemistry, Vol. 125, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-015-0134-z	journal	September 2015
Deep groundwater mediates streamflow response to climate warming in the Oregon Cascades Tague, Christina; Grant, Gordon; Farrell, Mike Climatic Change, Vol. 86, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-007-9294-8	journal	November 2007
Towards a comprehensive look at global drivers of novel extreme wildfire events Duane, Andrea; Castellnou, Marc; Brotons, Lluís Climatic Change, Vol. 165, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03066-4	journal	April 2021
Dissolved organic carbon in oligotrophic waters: experiments on sample preservation, storage and analysis Tupas, Luis M.; Popp, Brian N.; Karl, David M. Marine Chemistry, Vol. 45, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4203(94)90004-3	journal	February 1994
Is in-stream processing an important control on spatial changes in carbon fluxes in headwater catchments? Dawson, J. J. C.; Bakewell, C.; Billett, M. F. Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 265, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00656-2	journal	January 2001
Scaling of dissolved organic carbon removal in river networks Bertuzzo, Enrico; Helton, Ashley M.; Hall,, Robert O. Advances in Water Resources, Vol. 110 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.10.009	journal	December 2017
Spatial and temporal variability in stream dissolved organic carbon quantity and quality in an Adirondack forested catchment Vidon, P.; Carleton, W.; Mitchell, M. J. Applied Geochemistry, Vol. 46 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2014.04.008	journal	July 2014
Evolution of overland flow after a severe forest fire, Point Reyes, California Onda, Yuichi; Dietrich, William E.; Booker, Fred CATENA, Vol. 72, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2007.02.003	journal	January 2008
Wildfire effects on forest carbon and nutrient budgets Johnson, Dale; Murphy, James D.; Walker, Roger F. Ecological Engineering, Vol. 31, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.03.003	journal	November 2007
Wildfire impacts on surface water quality parameters: Cause of data variability and reporting needs Raoelison, Onja D.; Valenca, Renan; Lee, Allison Environmental Pollution, Vol. 317 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120713	journal	January 2023
Wildfire impacts on water quality, macroinvertebrate, and trout populations in the Upper Rio Grande Rust, Ashley J.; Randell, Jackie; Todd, Andrew S. Forest Ecology and Management, Vol. 453 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117636	journal	December 2019
Wildfire effects on soil organic matter quantity and quality in two fire-prone Mediterranean pine forests Certini, Giacomo; Nocentini, Caterina; Knicker, Heike Geoderma, Vol. 167-168 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.09.005	journal	November 2011
Quantification of hillslope runoff and erosion processes before and after wildfire in a wet Eucalyptus forest Sheridan, Gary J.; Lane, Patrick N. J.; Noske, Philip J. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 343, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.06.005	journal	September 2007
A mechanistic assessment of nutrient flushing at the catchment scale van Verseveld, Willem J.; McDonnell, Jeffrey J.; Lajtha, Kate Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 358, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.06.009	journal	September 2008
‘Natural background’ soil water repellency in conifer forests of the north-western USA: Its prediction and relationship to wildfire occurrence Doerr, S. H.; Woods, S. W.; Martin, D. A. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 371, Issue 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.03.011	journal	June 2009
Spatial and temporal evapotranspiration trends after wildfire in semi-arid landscapes Poon, Patrick K.; Kinoshita, Alicia M. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 559 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.02.023	journal	April 2018
Wildfire controls on evapotranspiration in California’s Sierra Nevada Ma, Qin; Bales, Roger C.; Rungee, Joseph Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 590 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2020.125364	journal	November 2020
Wildfire-induced shifts in groundwater discharge to streams identified with paired air and stream water temperature analyses Rey, David M.; Briggs, Martin A.; Walvoord, Michelle A. Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 619 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2023.129272	journal	April 2023
New directions in black carbon organic geochemistry Masiello, C. A. Marine Chemistry, Vol. 92, Issue 1-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2004.06.043	journal	December 2004
Formation, transformation and transport of black carbon (charcoal) in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems Forbes, M. S.; Raison, R. J.; Skjemstad, J. O. Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 370, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.06.007	journal	October 2006
An evaluation of freezing as a preservation technique for analyzing dissolved organic C, N and P in surface water samples Fellman, Jason B.; D'Amore, David V.; Hood, Eran Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 392, Issue 2-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.11.027	journal	March 2008
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in UK soils and the influence of soil, vegetation type and seasonality van den Berg, Leon J. L.; Shotbolt, Laura; Ashmore, Mike R. Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 427-428 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.069	journal	June 2012
Climatic and watershed controls of dissolved organic matter variation in streams across a gradient of agricultural land use Shang, Peng; Lu, YueHan; Du, YingXun Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 612 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.08.322	journal	January 2018
Megafires in Chile 2017: Monitoring multiscale environmental impacts of burned ecosystems de la Barrera, Francisco; Barraza, Francisco; Favier, Philomène Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 637-638 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.119	journal	October 2018
Agricultural land use changes stream dissolved organic matter via altering soil inputs to streams Chen, Shuo; Du, YingXun; Das, Parnab Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 796 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148968	journal	November 2021
Cycling downwards – dissolved organic matter in soils Kaiser, Klaus; Kalbitz, Karsten Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 52 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.04.002	journal	September 2012
Release of polycyclic aromatic compounds into a Mediterranean creek (Catalonia, NE Spain) after a forest fire Vila-Escalé, M.; Vegas-Vilarrúbia, T.; Prat, N. Water Research, Vol. 41, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2006.07.029	journal	May 2007
Implications of land disturbance on drinking water treatability in a changing climate: Demonstrating the need for “source water supply and protection” strategies Emelko, Monica B.; Silins, Uldis; Bladon, Kevin D. Water Research, Vol. 45, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2010.08.051	journal	January 2011
Drinking water treatment response following a Colorado wildfire Hohner, Amanda K.; Cawley, Kaelin; Oropeza, Jill Water Research, Vol. 105 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.08.034	journal	November 2016
Spatial patterns in dissolved organic matter composition controlled by watershed characteristics in a coastal river network: The Neuse River Basin, USA Bhattacharya, Ruchi; Osburn, Christopher L. Water Research, Vol. 169 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115248	journal	February 2020
Two years of post-wildfire impacts on dissolved organic matter, nitrogen, and precursors of disinfection by-products in California stream waters Uzun, Habibullah; Dahlgren, Randy A.; Olivares, Christopher Water Research, Vol. 181 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115891	journal	August 2020
High Dissolved Carbon Concentration in Arid Rocky Mountain Streams Kerins, Devon; Li, Li Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 57, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06675	journal	March 2023
Influence of volcanic history on groundwater patterns on the west slope of the Oregon High Cascades: VOLCANIC HISTORY INFLUENCES GROUNDWATER Jefferson, Anne; Grant, Gordon; Rose, Tim Water Resources Research, Vol. 42, Issue 12 https://doi.org/10.1029/2005WR004812	journal	December 2006
Importance of seasonality and small streams for the landscape regulation of dissolved organic carbon export: SEASONAL AND LANDSCAPE REGULATION OF DOC Ågren, A.; Buffam, I.; Jansson, M. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Vol. 112, Issue G3 https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JG000381	journal	July 2007
Modeling the mechanisms that control in-stream dissolved organic carbon dynamics in upland and forested catchments: MODELING SURFACE WATER DOC Futter, M. N.; Butterfield, D.; Cosby, B. J. Water Resources Research, Vol. 43, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1029/2006WR004960	journal	February 2007
Delineating the Continuum of Dissolved Organic Matter in Temperate River Networks Casas‐Ruiz, Joan P.; Spencer, Robert G. M.; Guillemette, François Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 34, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006495	journal	August 2020
The Influence of Local and Nonlocal Factors on Soil Water Content in a Steep Forested Catchment Jarecke, Karla M.; Bladon, Kevin D.; Wondzell, Steven M. Water Resources Research, Vol. 57, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1029/2020WR028343	journal	May 2021
Compound Extremes Drive the Western Oregon Wildfires of September 2020 Abatzoglou, John T.; Rupp, David E.; O'Neill, Larry W. Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 48, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092520	journal	April 2021
Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management Paul, M. J.; LeDuc, S. D.; Lassiter, M. G. Water Resources Research, Vol. 58, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030699	journal	September 2022
Spatiotemporal Controls on the Delivery of Dissolved Organic Matter to Streams Following a Wildfire Roebuck, Jesse Alan; Bladon, Kevin D.; Donahue, David Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 49, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL099535	journal	August 2022
Hydrobiogeochemical Controls on the Delivery of Dissolved Organic Matter to Boreal Headwater Streams Roebuck, J. Alan; Prestegaard, Karen; Gaviria, Christian Water Resources Research, Vol. 59, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033358	journal	October 2023
Influence of Wildfire on Downstream Transport of Dissolved Carbon, Nutrients, and Mercury in the Permafrost Zone of Boreal Western Canada Hutchins, Ryan H. S.; Tank, Suzanne E.; Olefeldt, David Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Vol. 128, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JG007602	journal	October 2023
Mountain pine beetle and forest carbon feedback to climate change Kurz, W. A.; Dymond, C. C.; Stinson, G. Nature, Vol. 452, Issue 7190 https://doi.org/10.1038/nature06777	journal	April 2008
Wildfires increasingly impact western US fluvial networks Ball, Grady; Regier, Peter; González-Pinzón, Ricardo Nature Communications, Vol. 12, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22747-3	journal	April 2021
Importance of subsurface water for hydrological response during storms in a post-wildfire bedrock landscape Atwood, Abra; Hille, Madeline; Clark, Marin Kristen Nature Communications, Vol. 14, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39095-z	journal	June 2023
Unprecedented burn area of Australian mega forest fires Boer, Matthias M.; Resco de Dios, Víctor; Bradstock, Ross A. Nature Climate Change, Vol. 10, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-0716-1	journal	February 2020
Climate drivers of the 2017 devastating fires in Portugal Turco, Marco; Jerez, Sonia; Augusto, Sofia Scientific Reports, Vol. 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50281-2	journal	October 2019
Wildfires lead to decreased carbon and increased nitrogen concentrations in upland arctic streams Rodríguez-Cardona, B. M.; Coble, A. A.; Wymore, A. S. Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65520-0	journal	May 2020
Forest soil carbon is threatened by intensive biomass harvesting Achat, David L.; Fortin, Mathieu; Landmann, Guy Scientific Reports, Vol. 5, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep15991	journal	November 2015
Water treatment process evaluation of wildfire-affected sediment leachates Hohner, Amanda K.; Terry, Leigh G.; Townsend, Eli B. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Vol. 3, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1039/C6EW00247A	journal	January 2017
The temporal evolution of wildfire ash and implications for post-fire infiltration Balfour, Victoria N.; Doerr, Stefan H.; Robichaud, Peter R. International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 23, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF13159	journal	January 2014
Net precipitation in burned and unburned subalpine forest stands after wildfire in the northern Rocky Mountains Williams, Chris H. S.; Silins, Uldis; Spencer, Sheena A. International Journal of Wildland Fire, Vol. 28, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1071/WF18181	journal	January 2019
Debris flows amplify effects of wildfire on magnitude and composition of tributary subsidies to mainstem habitats Harris, Hannah E.; Baxter, Colden V.; Davis, John M. Freshwater Science, Vol. 34, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1086/684015	journal	December 2015
Fire reduces riverine DOC concentration draining a watershed and alters post-fire DOC recovery patterns Wei, Xinyuan; Hayes, Daniel J.; Fernandez, Ivan Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 16, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd7ae	journal	January 2021
Inference on Treatment Effects after Selection among High-Dimensional Controls Belloni, A.; Chernozhukov, V.; Hansen, C. The Review of Economic Studies, Vol. 81, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdt044	journal	November 2013
Controls on the Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Matter in Soils: a Review Kalbitz, K.; Solinger, S.; Park, J. -H. Soil Science, Vol. 165, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1097/00010694-200004000-00001	journal	January 2000
Pyrogenic organic matter production from wildfires: a missing sink in the global carbon cycle Santín, Cristina; Doerr, Stefan H.; Preston, Caroline M. Global Change Biology, Vol. 21, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12800	journal	January 2015
Global patterns of interannual climate-fire relationships Abatzoglou, John T.; Williams, A. Park; Boschetti, Luigi Global Change Biology, Vol. 24, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14405	journal	August 2018
Site-to-site variability and temporal trends of DOC concentrations and fluxes in temperate forest soils: DOC IN TEMPERATE FOREST SOILS Borken, Werner; Ahrens, Bernhard; Schulz, Christoph Global Change Biology, Vol. 17, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02390.x	journal	January 2011
The sensitivity of tropical leaf litter decomposition to temperature: results from a large‐scale leaf translocation experiment along an elevation gradient in Peruvian forests Salinas, N.; Malhi, Y.; Meir, P. New Phytologist, Vol. 189, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03521.x	journal	November 2010
Hurricane Katrina's Carbon Footprint on U.S. Gulf Coast Forests Chambers, J. Q.; Fisher, J. I.; Zeng, H. Science, Vol. 318, Issue 5853 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1148913	journal	November 2007
World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated [World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated] Kottek, Markus; Grieser, Jürgen; Beck, Christoph Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Vol. 15, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130	journal	July 2006
Future emissions from Canadian boreal forest fires Amiro, B. D.; Cantin, A.; Flannigan, M. D. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Vol. 39, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1139/X08-154	journal	February 2009
The river as a chemostat: fresh perspectives on dissolved organic matter flowing down the river continuum Creed, Irena F.; McKnight, Diane M.; Pellerin, Brian A. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Vol. 72, Issue 8 https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2014-0400	journal	August 2015
Droughts, Wildfires, and Forest Carbon Cycling: A Pantropical Synthesis Brando, Paulo M.; Paolucci, Lucas; Ummenhofer, Caroline C. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Vol. 47, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-082517-010235	journal	May 2019
Meteorological Conditions Conducive to the Rapid Spread of the Deadly Wildfire in Eastern Attica, Greece Lagouvardos, K.; Kotroni, V.; Giannaros, T. M. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 100, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0231.1	journal	November 2019
Fire severity, time since fire, and site-level characteristics influence streamwater chemistry at baseflow conditions in catchments of the Sierra Nevada, California, USA Santos, Fernanda; Wymore, Adam S.; Jackson, Breeanne K. Fire Ecology, Vol. 15, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-018-0022-8	journal	March 2019
A Moving Average Approach for Spatial Statistical Models of Stream Networks Ver Hoef, Jay M.; Peterson, Erin E. Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 105, Issue 489 https://doi.org/10.1198/jasa.2009.ap08248	journal	March 2010
Variable selection in linear mixed effects models Fan, Yingying; Li, Runze The Annals of Statistics, Vol. 40, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1214/12-AOS1028	journal	August 2012
Trace Elements in Stormflow, Ash, and Burned Soil following the 2009 Station Fire in Southern California Burton, Carmen A.; Hoefen, Todd M.; Plumlee, Geoffrey S. PLOS ONE, Vol. 11, Issue 5 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153372	journal	May 2016
Megafire affects stream sediment flux and dissolved organic matter reactivity, but land use dominates nutrient dynamics in semiarid watersheds Crandall, Trevor; Jones, Erin; Greenhalgh, Mitchell PLOS ONE, Vol. 16, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257733	journal	September 2021
Recovery of small-scale infiltration and erosion after wildfires Larson-Nash, Sierra S.; Robichaud, Peter R.; Pierson, Fredrick B. Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics, Vol. 66, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2017-0056	journal	August 2018
Impact of Wildfire on Stream Nutrient Chemistry and Ecosystem Metabolism in Boreal Forest Catchments of Interior Alaska Betts, Emma F.; Jones, Jeremy B. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol. 41, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-41.4.407	journal	November 2009
Lived experience of a record wildfire season in the Northwest Territories, Canada Dodd, Warren; Scott, Patrick; Howard, Courtney Canadian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 109, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0070-5	journal	May 2018
STARS: AnArcGISToolset Used to Calculate the Spatial Information Needed to Fit Spatial Statistical Models to Stream Network Data Peterson, Erin E.; Hoef, Jay M. Ver Journal of Statistical Software, Vol. 56, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v056.i02	journal	January 2014
SSN: AnRPackage for Spatial Statistical Modeling on Stream Networks Hoef, Jay M. Ver; Peterson, Erin E.; Clifford, David Journal of Statistical Software, Vol. 56, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.18637/jss.v056.i03	journal	January 2014
Determining Sources of Dissolved Organic Carbon and Disinfection Byproduct Precursors to the McKenzie River, Oregon Kraus, Tamara E. C.; Anderson, Chauncey A.; Morgenstern, Karl Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 39, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2010.0030	journal	November 2010
Lasting Effects of Wildfire on Disinfection By‐Product Formation in Forest Catchments Chow, Alex T.; Tsai, Kuo‐Pei; Fegel, Timothy S. Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 48, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2019.04.0172	journal	November 2019
Effect of Wildfires on Physicochemical Changes of Watershed Dissolved Organic Matter Revchuk, Alex D.; Suffet, I. H. (Mel) Water Environment Research, Vol. 86, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.2175/106143013X13736496909671	journal	April 2014
Dissolved Organic Matter Concentration and Flux in Streams Mulholland, Patrick J. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, Vol. 16, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.2307/1468246	journal	March 1997
emmeans: Estimated Marginal Means, aka Least-Squares Means Lenth, Russell V. The American Statistician, Vol. 34, Issue 4, p. 216-221 https://doi.org/10.32614/CRAN.package.emmeans	dataset	March 2025
glmmTMB Balances Speed and Flexibility Among Packages for Zero-inflated Generalized Linear Mixed Modeling Brooks, Mollie,E.; Kristensen, Kasper; Benthem, Koen,J. ,van The R Journal, Vol. 9, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2017-066	journal	January 2017
Quantifying Changes in Total and Pyrogenic Carbon Stocks Across Fire Severity Gradients Using Active Wildfire Incidents Miesel, Jessica; Reiner, Alicia; Ewell, Carol Frontiers in Earth Science, Vol. 6 https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00041	journal	May 2018
Influence of Drying and Wildfire on Longitudinal Chemistry Patterns and Processes of Intermittent Streams MacNeille, Ruth B.; Lohse, Kathleen A.; Godsey, Sarah E. Frontiers in Water, Vol. 2 https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2020.563841	journal	December 2020
Analysis of Anthropogenic, Climatological, and Morphological Influences on Dissolved Organic Matter in Rocky Mountain Streams Rodríguez-Jeangros, Nicolás; Hering, Amanda S.; McCray, John E. Water, Vol. 10, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.3390/w10040534	journal	April 2018
Sources and fate of terrestrial dissolved organic carbon in lakes of a Boreal Plains region recently affected by wildfire Olefeldt, D.; Devito, K. J.; Turetsky, M. R. Biogeosciences, Vol. 10, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-10-6247-2013	journal	January 2013
The role of watershed characteristics, permafrost thaw, and wildfire on dissolved organic carbon biodegradability and water chemistry in Arctic headwater streams Larouche, J. R.; Abbott, B. W.; Bowden, W. B. Biogeosciences, Vol. 12, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-4221-2015	journal	January 2015
Black (pyrogenic) carbon: a synthesis of current knowledge and uncertainties with special consideration of boreal regions Preston, C. M.; Schmidt, M. W. I. Biogeosciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-3-397-2006	journal	January 2006
Spatial and temporal dynamics of stream chemistry in a forested watershed Piatek, K. B.; Christopher, S. F.; Mitchell, M. J. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 3 https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-13-423-2009	journal	March 2009
Hydrological response of a small catchment burned by experimental fire Stoof, C. R.; Vervoort, R. W.; Iwema, J. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Vol. 16, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-267-2012	journal	February 2012

Similar Records

When Do Riverine Systems “Feel the Burn”? Simulating How Burn Extent and Severity Modulate Hydrologic Controls on Biogeochemical Export

Journal Article · Thu Jan 29 19:00:00 EST 2026 · Water Resources Research · OSTI ID:3022008

Variable wildfire impacts on the seasonal water temperatures of western US streams: A retrospective study

Journal Article · Tue Jul 19 20:00:00 EDT 2022 · PLoS ONE · OSTI ID:1983055

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

The influence of burn severity on dissolved organic carbon concentrations across a stream network differs based on seasonal wetness conditions

Citation Formats

References (121)

Similar Records

Related Subjects