Effects of cultivation and reforestation on suspended sediment  concentrations: a case study in a mountainous catchment in China

Fang, N. F.; Chen, F. X.; Zhang, H. Y.; Wang, Y. X.; Shi, Z. H.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-13-2016

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-13-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-13-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 20, issue 1

Research article

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15 Jan 2016

Research article |

| 15 Jan 2016

Effects of cultivation and reforestation on suspended sediment concentrations: a case study in a mountainous catchment in China

N. F. Fang, F. X. Chen, H. Y. Zhang, Y. X. Wang, and Z. H. Shi

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Final revised paper (published on 15 Jan 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 07 Aug 2015)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC C3468: 'hess-2015-278', Anonymous Referee #1, 04 Sep 2015
- AC C4625: 'Point–by–point responses', Nufang Fang, 04 Nov 2015
RC C4110: 'Comments on "Effects of cultivation and reforestation on suspended sediment concentrations: a case study in a mountainous catchment in China" By Fang et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 06 Oct 2015
- AC C4629: 'Point–by–point responses', Nufang Fang, 04 Nov 2015
RC C4136: 'review', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 Oct 2015
- AC C4638: 'Point–by–point responses', Nufang Fang, 04 Nov 2015

Peer-review completion

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

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (22 Nov 2015) by Matjaz Mikos

AR by Nufang Fang on behalf of the Authors (30 Nov 2015) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (20 Dec 2015) by Matjaz Mikos

AR by Nufang Fang on behalf of the Authors (21 Dec 2015)

Short summary

Whether changes in land use/cover alter soil loss by changing the runoff volume or by changing the suspended sediment concentration (SSC) has received little attention. This paper presents suspended sediment concentration dynamics and the relationship between SSC and discharge (Q) in the 8973 km² Du catchment and its sub-catchment (4635 km²). ANOVA indicated that the SSC did not significantly change under cultivation for low and moderate flows, but was significantly different under high flow.