Temporal scale and the accumulation of peat in a Sphagnum bog

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 366-377

  Belyea, Lisa R ^a,b   Warner, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age profiles; Decomposition; Mathematical models; Organic matter; Peat accumulation; Peatland

Indexed keywords

SPHAGNUM SPP.;

BOG; DECOMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; PEAT ACCUMULATION; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM BOG;

CANADA;

EID: 0029669267     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-046     Document Type: Article

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