Long-term effects of ash fertilization on runoff water quality from drained peatland forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 287, Issue , 2013, Pages 53-66

  Piirainen, Sirpa ^a   Domisch, Timo ^a   Moilanen, Mikko ^a   Nieminen, Mika ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drainage water; Heavy metals; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Potassium; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

BARE GROUNDS; BOREAL PEATLANDS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE WATER; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; HARMFUL EFFECTS; LONG-TERM CHANGES; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PEAT ASH; PEATLAND; RUNOFF WATER; SITE TYPES; STANDING TREE; SULFATE; TREE GROWTH; TREE STOCKS; WATER SAMPLES; WOOD ASH;

CATCHMENTS; FORESTRY; HEAVY METALS; LEACHING; NITROGEN; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; STREAM FLOW; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS; WOOD;

RUNOFF;

ASH; BOREAL FOREST; CATCHMENT; CHLORIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE WATER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; LEACHING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METAL; MOSS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NONMETAL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PEATLAND; RUNOFF; SULFATE; WATER QUALITY;

ACIDITY; ASH; FERTILIZATION; FORESTS; PEAT; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

CAREX; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84867385345     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.014     Document Type: Article

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