Peat, water and plant tissue chemistry monitoring: A seven-year case-study in a restored peatland

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 159-170

  Andersen, Roxane ^a,b   Rochefort, Line ^a   Poulin, Monique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ombrotrophic peatland; Peatland chemistry; Principal response curves; Restoration monitoring

Indexed keywords

BOG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWING SEASON; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 77951022485     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-009-0015-0     Document Type: Article

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