Technical Bulletin No. 0483: A Study of the Effectiveness of Sediment Traps for the Collection of Sediment from Small Forest Plot Studies

This technical bulletin discusses a study to determine whether less expensive equipment (both capital and operating cost) might be substituted for conventional sediment sampling equipment. Specifically, this study examined the effectiveness of sediment traps and flume splitters in the collection of sediment data from small forest plots. Results of this study confirmed earlier observations that sediment traps were effective in trapping material larger than 0.02 mm for a wide range of plot sizes and conditions.