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Stormwater contaminant loading following southern California wildfires Synopsis: The goal of this study was to examine contaminant loadings associated with stormwater runoff from recently burned areas in urban fringe areas of southern California, to derive regional patterns of runoff and contaminant loadings in this context. Postfire stormwater runoff was sampled from five wildfires that each burned between 115 and 658 km2 of natural open space between 2003 and 2009. The area is characterized by classic Mediterranean climate conditions of relatively mild to cool wet winter and warm to hot dry summers. Between two and five storm events were sampled per site over the first one to two years following the fires for basic constituents, metals, nutrients, total suspended solids, and polycyclic... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Map Service, OGC WFS Layer, OGC WMS Layer, OGC WMS Service; Tags: California, California Coastal Sage, Chaparral, Forest, Land use configuration, All tags... Natural cover amount, Oak Woodlands, Southern and Baja California Pine-Oak Mountains, air quality, contaminant loading, fire effects, fire patches, forest fire, metals, nutrients, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, regional, storm-water runoff, urban fringe, water quality, woodlands, Fewer tags Survival and growth of Juniperus seedlings in Juniperus woodlands Juniperus woodlands are widely distributed in western North America. Few studies of seedling emergence, long-term survival, growth or mortality of the dominant Juniperus spp. in these woodlands have been carried out. Consequently, regeneration dynamics in these woodlands are poorly understood. Juniperus ashei is the dominant woody plant in the majority of woodland and savanna communities of the Edwards Plateau region in central Texas. We examined the emergence, mortality and growth of various spatial and temporal cohorts of J. ashei seedlings over an eight or nine-year period. Greatest emergence was found during the cool, mostly winter months and under the canopy of mature J. ashei trees. Emergence was significantly... Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Canopy, Edge, Emergence, Juniper, Plant Ecology, All tags... Regeneration, Springer Netherlands, Woodlands, Fewer tags