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Research article
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14 Jul 2015
Research article |
| 14 Jul 2015
The role of log jams and exceptional flood events in mobilizing coarse particulate organic matter in a steep headwater stream
WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Forest Ecology, Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
J. M. Turowski
WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
A. Badoux
WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
M. Stoffel
Dendrolab.ch, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, 1227 Carouge, Switzerland
C. Rickli
WSL Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
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Short summary
The export of coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) from mountain catchments seems to be strongly linked to rising discharge, but the mechanism leading to this is unclear. We show that log jams in a steep headwater stream are an effective barrier for CPOM export. Exceptional discharge events play a dual role: First, they destroy existing jams, releasing stored material. Second, they intensify channel--hillslope coupling, thereby recruiting logs to the channel, around which new jams can form.
The export of coarse particulate organic matter (CPOM) from mountain catchments seems to be...
