Impact of forest harvesting on water quality and fluorescence characteristics of dissolved organic matter in eastern Canadian Boreal Shield lakes in summer

Glaz, P.; Gagné, J.-P.; Archambault, P.; Sirois, P.; Nozais, C.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6999-2015

Articles | Volume 12, issue 23

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6999-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-6999-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 23

Research article

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07 Dec 2015

Research article |

| 07 Dec 2015

Impact of forest harvesting on water quality and fluorescence characteristics of dissolved organic matter in eastern Canadian Boreal Shield lakes in summer

P. Glaz, J.-P. Gagné, P. Archambault, P. Sirois, and C. Nozais

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RC C4408: 'Review of bg-2015-245', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Aug 2015
RC C4426: 'bg-2015-245 review', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Aug 2015
RC C4713: 'Review of Impact of forest harvesting on water quality and fluorescence characteristics of dissolved organic matter in Eastern Canadian Boreal Shield lakes', Anonymous Referee #3, 26 Aug 2015
AC C7305: 'Response', Patricia Glaz, 02 Nov 2015
AC C7502: 'Final response', Patricia Glaz, 10 Nov 2015
AC C7503: 'Revised manuscript', Patricia Glaz, 10 Nov 2015

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (10 Nov 2015) by Brian A. Pellerin

AR by Patricia Glaz on behalf of the Authors (24 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (24 Nov 2015) by Brian A. Pellerin

Short summary

In this study, we showed that logging activities have a short-term impact (1 year after the perturbation) on water quality in boreal Eastern Canadian Shield lakes. However, this effect seems to mitigate 2 years after the perturbation. Further, the analysis of the absorbance and fluorescence data showed that while DOC concentrations did significantly increase in perturbed lakes, the DOM quality did not measurably change.