Section 1 The Coweeta Hydrologie Laboratory. - 1. Introduction and Site Description. - 2. History of Coweeta. - Section 2 Hydrology Geology Climate and Water Chemistry. - 3. Climatology and Hydrology. - 4. Characterization of Baseline Precipitation and Stream Chemistry and Nutrient Budgets for Control Watersheds. - 5. Bedrock Geology and Regional Geologic Setting of Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in the Eastern Blue Ridge. - 6. Weathering and Soil-Forming Processes. - 7. Debris Avalanches and the Origin of First-Order Streams. - 8. Streamflow Generation by Variable Source Area. - 9. Research on Interception Losses and Soil Moisture Relationships. - Section 3 Forest Dynamics and Nutrient Cycling. - 10. Forest Communities and Patterns. - 11. Biomass Primary Production and Selected Nutrient Budgets for an Undisturbed Hardwood Watershed. - 12. Dynamics of Early Successional Forest Structure and Processes in the Coweeta Basin. - 13. Comparative Physiology of Successional Forest Trees. - Section 4 Canopy Arthropods and Herbivory. - 14. Foliage Consumption and Nutrient Dynamics in Canopy Insects. - 15. Canopy Arthropods and Their Response to Forest Disturbance. - Section 5 Forest Floor Processes. - 16. Changes in Soil Nitrogen Pools and Transformations Following Forest Clearcutting. - 17. Soil Arthropods and Their Role in Decomposition and Mineralization Processes. - 18. Sulfur Pools and Transformations in Litter and Surface Soil of a Hardwood Forest. - Section 6 Stream Biota and Nutrient Dynamics. - 19. Aquatic Invertebrate Research. - 20. The Trophic Significance of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Streams. - 21. Effects of Watershed Disturbance on Stream Seston Characteristics. - Section 7 Man and Management of Forested Watersheds. - 22. Streamflow Changes Associated with Forest Cutting Species Conversions and Natural Disturbances. - 23. Forest Access Roads: Design Maintenance and Soil Loss. - 24. Effects of Pesticide Applications on Forested Watersheds. - 25. Stream Chemistry Responses to Disturbance. - 26. Acid Precipitation Effects on Forest Processes. - 27. Trace Metals in the Atmosphere Forest Floor Soil and Vegetation. - Section 8 Perspectives on Forest Hydrology and Long-Term Ecological Research. - 28. Forest Ecosystem Stability: Revision of the Resistance-Resilience Model in Relation to Observable Macroscopic Properties of Ecosystems. - 29. European Experiences in Long-Term Forest Hydrology Research. - 30. Past and Future of Ecosystem ResearchContribution of Dedicated Experimental Sites. - References. Language: English