Vegetation Affecting Water Quality in Small Streams: Case Study in Hemiboreal Forests, Latvia.

ABSTRACT: Riparian forests are important ecosystems located along the margins of freshwaters. Riparian zones provide many ecosystem services, such as nutrient modification, erosion and temperature control, leading to improvements in water quality in adjacent water ecosystems. In many areas, riparian forest management is restricted to improve adjacent water quality. The potential influence of forest management on water quality of small streams was assessed by analysing species composition and structural diversity in riparian forests. We collected data in riparian forests along 15 streams in the eastern Baltics (Latvia) with different water quality classes. We used detrended correspondence analysis and indicator species' analysis to determine relationships between woody plants and understory vegetatio

SUBMITTER: Saklaurs M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9142884 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature