Management Strategies for Dissolved Organic Carbon Reduction from Forested Watersheds using the SWAT-C model.

ABSTRACT: Forests serve as crucial carbon sinks, yet quantifying carbon cycle processes within forested watersheds is challenging due to inherent complexities, including multiple carbon pools and variability. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) transport from forests significantly impacts drinking water quality since it interacts with chlorine to form disinfection byproducts. Although the Soil and Water Assessment Tool-Carbon (SWAT-C) has been widely used to understand carbon fluxes at the watershed scale, the model has been primarily evaluated in non-forested watersheds and loading to aquatic systems, often overlooking terrestrial carbon fluxes from forested regions within watersheds of interests. This study assessed the applicability of SWAT-C in simulating carbon fluxes in both terrestrial and aquatic

SUBMITTER: Lee D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12033212 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature