Conceptual frameworks in peatland ecohydrology: Looking beyond the two-layered (acrotelm-catotelm) model

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Morris, Paul J ^a   Waddington, J Michael ^a   Benscoter, Brian W ^b   Turetsky, Merritt R ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold spot; Conceptual model; Diplotelmic model; Groundwater mound hypothesis; Hot spot; Mire

Indexed keywords

COLD SPOTS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DIPLOTELMIC MODEL; GROUNDWATER MOUND HYPOTHESIS; HOT SPOT; MIRE;

AQUIFERS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGY; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY;

WETLANDS;

ACROTELM; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATOTELM; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DROUGHT; ECOHYDROLOGY; GROUNDWATER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODELING; PEATLAND; WATER TABLE;

EID: 78751503042     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.191     Document Type: Article

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