Dynamics of summer stream temperature in the southern Appalachian Mountains following the removal of riparian rhododendron, 2014 to 2016.

Summer stream temperature was monitored at numerous locations along four streams before, and after, experimentally removing rhododendron from the riparian zones in 2014 to 2016. Two sites, Kit Springs (KS) and Rocky Bald (RB) were left unmanipulated as reference watersheds throughout the course of the study. Holloway (HW) and Split White Oak (SWO) served as the treatment watersheds, upon which rhododendron was removed. All sites are in the Nantahala National Forest, within in the White Oak Creek Watershed, which is apart of the Nantahala River drainage.

2014年至2016年，研究人员在四条溪流的多个点位开展夏季水温监测，监测周期覆盖对河岸带（riparian zones）杜鹃花（rhododendron）进行实验性移除的前后阶段。本研究设置两处未进行人工调控的点位作为参照流域，分别为基特泉（Kit Springs, KS）与落基秃地（Rocky Bald, RB）；霍洛韦（Holloway, HW）与裂白橡（Split White Oak, SWO）作为处理流域，对其河岸带实施了杜鹃花移除操作。所有监测点位均位于南塔哈拉国家森林（Nantahala National Forest）内的白橡溪流域（White Oak Creek Watershed），该流域隶属于南塔哈拉河水系（Nantahala River drainage）。