Holocene carbon accumulation rates from three ombrotrophic peatlands in boreal Quebec, Canada: Impact of climate-driven ecohydrological change

Holocene

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1217-1231

  van Bellen, Simon ^a   Garneau, Michelle ^a   Booth, Robert K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; James Bay; LORCA; peat bog; Sphagnum; testate amoeba

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; BOREAL; BULK DENSITY; CARBON CYCLE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; FIRE; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MOSS; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEATLAND; PROTIST; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDGE; TIMESCALE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER TABLE;

CANADA; JAMES BAY; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 82855178052     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611405243     Document Type: Article

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