Published online 27 October 2006
Published in J Environ Qual 35:2123-2131 (2006)
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0113
© 2006 American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America
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Impacts of Land Cover on Stream Hydrology in the West Georgia Piedmont, USA
Jon E. Schoonovera,*,
B. Graeme Lockabyb and
Brian S. Helmsc
a Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Department of Forestry, 1205 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901-4411
b Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn, AL 36849
c Auburn University, Biological Sciences, Auburn, AL 36849

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Fig. 1. Locations of study watersheds (depicted by polygons) within the Middle Chattahoochee Watershed of west Georgia. Stars represent rainfall stations used in the study; circles represent study watersheds.
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Fig. 2. Median (± 1SE) stream discharge relationships with percent unmanaged forest in western Georgia watersheds.
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Fig. 3. Baseflow indices for 18 streams in western Georgia (text symbols represent watershed ID).
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Fig. 4. Relationship between baseflow index and coefficient of variation (%) for stream discharge in 18 western Georgia streams.
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Fig. 5. Relationship between baseflow index and the number of times that the 7x median flow was exceeded in 18 western Georgia streams.
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