Recording relative water table depth using PVC tape discolouration: Advantages and constraints in fens

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-26

  Navrátilová, Jana ^a,b   Hájek, Michal ^a,b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Peat hydrology; Redox; Water level; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444466014     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2005.tb00625.x     Document Type: Article

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