Quantitative estimates of water tables and soil moisture in Holocene peatlands from testate amoebae

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-273

  Woodland, Wendy A ^a   Charman, Dan J ^b   Sims, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ombrotrophic peatlands; Palaeohydrology; Protozoa; Rhizopoda; Soil moisture; Surface wetness; Testate amoebae; Water tables

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; PROTOZOA; RHIZOPODA;

EID: 0031865402     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398667004497     Document Type: Article

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