Methane dynamics of recolonized cutover minerotrophic peatland: Implications for restoration

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1859-1868

  Mahmood, Md Sharif ^a   Strack, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Cutover peatland; Ecosystem restoration; Fen; Methane

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; EMISSION RATES; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; FEN; GROWING SEASON; PEATLAND; PLANT SPECIES; PORE WATERS; RESTORATION MEASURES; SCIRPUS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TYPHA LATIFOLIA; UNSATURATED ZONE; VEGETATION COMMUNITY; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER TABLES;

DRAINAGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; METHANE; PEAT; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

WETLANDS;

ABANDONED LAND; CARBON FLUX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRAINAGE NETWORK; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FEN; GROWING SEASON; METHANE; MOSS; MULCHING; PEATLAND; RECOLONIZATION; REVEGETATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; WATER TABLE;

NORTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; CAREX AQUATILIS; EQUISETUM; EQUISETUM ARVENSE; ERIOPHORUM VAGINATUM; SCIRPUS ATROCINCTUS; SPHAGNUM; TYPHA LATIFOLIA;

EID: 80052098483     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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