The hydrology of the Bois-des-Bel bog peatland restoration: 10 years post-restoration

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 55, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-81

  McCarter, Colin P R ^a   Price, Jonathan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrology; Peatland; Restoration; Sphagnum moss; Volumetric soil moisture; Water table

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; PEATLAND; RESTRICTED CONNECTIVITY; SPHAGNUM MOSS; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURE CONTENTS; VOLUMETRIC SOIL MOISTURES; WATER RETENTION CAPACITY; WATER TABLES;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PEAT; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

RESTORATION;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROWING SEASON; MOSS; PEATLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER TABLE;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM RUBELLUM;

EID: 84875620970     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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