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Effects of prescribed fire on a Sierra Nevada (California, USA) stream and its riparian zone

Bêche, Leah A., Stephens, Scott L., Resh, Vincent H.·2005·Forest Ecology and Management
DOI 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.06.010
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Concerns about the effects of fire on ecologically sensitive habitats have limited the use of prescribed fire in the management of forest riparian areas. Using a beyond-BACI (Before-After-Control-Impact) experimental design, we examined the effects of a 26-ha prescribed fire that burned upland and riparian areas of a first-order watershed, and compared this to five unburned sites examined from 1 to 7 years pre-fire and 1 year post-fire. We monitored pre- and post-fire riparian vegetation, large woody debris, sediment, water chemistry, periphyton, and benthic macroinvertebrates. The prescribed fire in the riparian zone was patchy in terms of intensity, consumption, and severity; it consumed 79% of the pre-fire fuel in the riparian zone, 34% of the total surface fuel, and 90% of the total ground fuel. The prescribed fire significantly reduced percent cover of surface vegetation and plant taxa richness in comparison to unburned sites but not plant diversity (Simpson's D). Community composition of understory riparian vegetation changed post-fire, most likely as a result of the reduction in taxa richness and cover. Riparian tree mortality (>11.5 cm DBH) was only 4.4% post-fire. Similarly, there was no post-fire change in large woody debris volume and recruitment, or fine sediment in pools (V * ). Post-fire, there were increases in some water chemistry parameters (SO 4 − , total P, Ca 2+ , and Mg 2+ ) and a decrease in periphyton biomass; however, these changes were short-term, and…

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  • Fires in the Sierra Nevada led to higher ion concentrations in streams for less than a year.

    “For example, fires in the Sierra Nevada led to higher ion concentrations in streams for less than a year (Beche et al., 2005).”

    From Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management (2022) · cites this paper as Beche et al., 2005

  • For cations generally, a pattern of general increase occurred across biomes, but not in all cases.

    “For cations generally, this pattern of a general increase occurred across biomes (Bayley et al., 1992; Beche et al., 2005; Betts & Jones, 2009; Bitner et al., 2001; Burke et al., 2013; Murphy et al., 2018), but not in all cases.”

    From Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management (2022) · cites this paper as Beche et al., 2005

  • Increases for sulfate and chloride were relatively short-lived and did not exceed World Health Organization water quality aesthetic use guidelines for sulfate.

    “Increases for both were relatively short-lived and did not exceed World Health Organization water quality aesthetic use guidelines for sulfate (Beche et al., 2005; Smith et al., 2011).”

    From Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management (2022) · cites this paper as Beche et al., 2005

  • In the majority of studies, invertebrate diversity in streams was reduced following wildfire, especially sensitive taxa, and this was true in boreal, temperate, and Mediterranean biomes.

    “In the majority of studies, invertebrate diversity in streams was reduced following wildfire, especially sensitive taxa (e.g., from the Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera orders), and this was true in boreal, temperate, and Mediterranean biomes (Beche et al., 2005; Brown et al., 2013; Earl & Blinn, 2003; Harper et al., 2018; Harris et al., 2015; Minshall et al., 2001; Rinne, 1996; Spencer”

    From Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management (2022) · cites this paper as Beche et al., 2005

  • Two studies of prescribed burns on macroinvertebrates found generally moderate responses of <1 yr duration.

    “Similarly, nutrient increases were less under prescribed burns and also of shorter duration than for wildfire (e.g., Knoepp & Swank, 1993), and two studies of prescribed burns on macroinvertebrates found generally moderate responses of <1 yr duration (Beche et al., 2005; Brown et al., 2013).”

    From Wildfire Induces Changes in Receiving Waters: A Review With Considerations for Water Quality Management (2022) · cites this paper as Beche et al., 2005

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Authors
Bêche, L. A., Stephens, S. L., & Resh, V. H.
Affiliations
University of California, Berkeley (US)
Corresponding author
Bêche, Leah A.
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Venue
Forest Ecology and Management
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-10
Volume
218
Issue
1-3
Pages
37-59
ISSN
0378-1127 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.foreco.2005.06.010
OpenAlex
W2029858457
Cited by
97
References
78
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FWCI
2.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
Forest Ecology and Management (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  • California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Keywords
prescribed burning, riparian zones, stream ecology, Sierra Nevada, riparian vegetation, tree mortality, large woody debris, sediment, water chemistry, periphyton, benthic macroinvertebrates, post-fire recovery, fuel consumption, understory vegetation

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