Impacts of forest harvesting on nutrient, sediment and dissolved organic carbon exports from drained peatlands: A literature review, synthesis and suggestions for the future

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 392, Issue , 2017, Pages 13-20

  Nieminen, Mika ^a   Sarkkola, Sakari ^a   Laurén, Ari ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drained peatlands; Forest harvesting; Hydrochemistry; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CARBON; PEAT; SEDIMENTS; STREAM FLOW; WATER LEVELS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOREST HARVESTING; INORGANIC NUTRIENTS; LIMITED ATTENTIONS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PEAT LAND; WATER QUALITY IMPACT; WHOLE TREE HARVESTING;

NUTRIENTS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FUTURE PROSPECT; HARVESTING; HYDROCHEMISTRY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PEATLAND; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEDIMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CARBON; FORESTS; HARVESTING; NUTRIENTS; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SYNTHESIS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85014494038     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.02.046     Document Type: Review

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