Multi-scale relationship between peatland vegetation type and dissolved organic carbon concentration

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 182-188

  Armstrong, A ^a   Holden, J ^b   Luxton, K ^c   Quinton, J N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED UTILITIES   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Moorland; Peatland; Plant functional type; Vegetation; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOTIC CONDITIONS; CALLUNA; CARBON CYCLES; CONCENTRATION DATA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; MOORLAND; MULTISCALES; PEATLAND; PEATLAND VEGETATION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT FUNCTIONAL TYPE; PORE WATERS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; UPWARD TREND;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; STREAM FLOW; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

WETLANDS;

CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER; HEATHLAND; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MOORLAND; MOSS; PEATLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; POREWATER; SEDGE; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CALLUNA; CAREX; MOLINIA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84864054091     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.06.027     Document Type: Article

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