Small-scale variability in peatland pore-water biogeochemistry, Hudson Bay Lowland, Canada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 454-455, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-218

  Ulanowski, T A ^a   Branfireun, B A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biogeochemistry; Microtopography; Peatlands; Pore water; Variability; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

MICRO TOPOGRAPHY; PEAT LAND; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PORE WATERS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; VARIABILITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GROUNDWATER; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; MAGNESIUM; WATER POLLUTION;

WETLANDS;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; CHLORIDE ION; GROUND WATER; MAGNESIUM; MAGNESIUM ION; ORGANIC CARBON; SODIUM; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOHYDROLOGY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PEATLAND; PH; POREWATER; SOLUTE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CANADA; CLIMATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPERACEAE; GEOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PEATLAND; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL SCALE SPATIAL WATER VARIABILITY; SPHAGNUM; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER QUALITY;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY LOWLANDS;

CAREX; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84875769543     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.02.087     Document Type: Article

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