Iron and sulphate as possible key factors in the restoration ecology of rich fens in discharge areas

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 367-381

  Kemmers, R H ^a   Van Delft, S P J ^a   Jansen, P C ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidification; Base saturation; Groundwater discharge; Iron depletion; Proton consumption; Redox capacity; Restoration; Rich fens; Sulphate

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; DISCHARGE; FEN; GROUNDWATER; INTERSTITIAL ENVIRONMENT; IRON; REDOX CONDITIONS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SULFATE;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1642517497     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:WETL.0000007193.55812.cd     Document Type: Conference Paper

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