Sulphur isotopic study of two pristine Sphagnum bogs in the western British Isles

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-132

  Bottrell, Simon ^a   Novak, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Sphagnum; stable isotopes; sulphur; sulphur uptake

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; BOG; SPHAGNUM BOG; SULPHUR; SULPHUR ISOTOPE;

UK;

SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0030620390     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2960644     Document Type: Article

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