Forever Wild, the Adirondack Uplands and Watershed Integrity

C-RUI：永远的野生，阿迪朗达克高地和流域完整性本研究的目的是确定基本的物理因素（如地质）和林地管理措施如何相互作用，以影响“流域完整性”在阿迪朗达克高地的诺布尔纽约州。 我们将解决的核心问题：长期的森林保护是否提高了阿迪朗达克高地流域的结构和功能？ 拟议的活动将涉及一个多学科的方法来研究在阿迪朗达克高地的参考集水区（在过去15年中受到森林砍伐）的多个变量的模式。在参考和管理类别集水区将选择沿着表层土壤条件的梯度从浅/耕层土壤到深/沉积岩土壤。 跨流域的比较将包括水文地质学、地表地质学、地球化学、森林群落和水生群落响应变量。 数据分析将包括多变量统计方法，以提取响应变量中的整个景观模式。

C-RUI: Forever Wild, the Adirondack Uplands and Watershed IntegrityThe purpose of this study is to determine how underlying physical factors (such as geology) andforest land management practices interact to influence"watershed integrity" in the AdirondackUplands of nothern New York State. We will address the central question: Does long-term forest preservation enhance watershed structure and function in Adirondack uplands? The proposed activity will involve a multidisciplinary approach to study patterns in multiple variables in reference catchments (subjected to forest removal durning the past 15 years) in the Adirondack Uplands.Within reference and managed categories catchments will be selected along a gradient of surficial soil conditions from shallow/till soils to deep/outwash soils. Comparison across watersheds will include hydrogeology, surficial geology, biogeochemistry, forest community, and aquatic community response variables. Data analysis will include multivariate statistical methods to extract patterns across the landscape in response variables.