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Hayward Brook Watershed Study, NB
Research Site Metadata

Location
Southeast New Brunswick
 Acadian Forest Region
 45°52′N 65°11′W

Watershed Area(s): 1.4 to 6.5 km2
Total Relief: 2.5 m
Mean Annual Runoff: 540 mm
Mean Annual Precipitation: 1350 mm
Mean Temperature: Jan -9.3°C; July 17.5°C

Landscape

The study site is located within the Fundy Model Forest and includes the adjacent watersheds of Holmes and Hayward Brooks. The third order watersheds flow through relatively flat rolling terrain. Soils are generally coarse sandy loams, varying from loamy sand to fine loams depending on the basin. Soil depths range from 30 to 100 cm overtop of till blanket surficial materials. Sedimentary rocks make up the dominant bedrock type. The forest type is mixedwood composed of: red spruce, red maple, balsam fir, trembling aspen, white pine and white birch.

 Original Experimental Design

Study type Paired Watershed
Treatments 2 - Clear Cut
(CC)/Selection Cut
3 - CC with variable
buffer widths
Controls 2 sub-watersheds
Study Duration 1993 - 1998
Pre-Harvest 1993 - 1994
Harvest 1995 - 1997
Post-Harvest 1998

Parameters

Discharge, air temperature, relative humidity, precipitation, wind data, solar radiation, stream chemistry, stream morphology, suspended sediment, aquatic ecology

Contact

Joe Pomeroy
Environment Canada
45 Alderney Dr., Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 2N6
Ph: (902) 426-6131
Fax: (902) 426-6434
Email:joe.pomeroy@ec.gc.ca

Nairn Hay
Fundy Model Forest
701 Main St., Suite 2, P.O. Box 5184
Sussex, NB, E4D 7H7
Ph: (506) 432-7563
Fax: (506) 432-7562
Email:nairn@fundymodelforest.net