UID:
almafu_9959238073402883
Format:
1 online resource (484 p.)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
0-19-150829-2
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0-19-960300-6
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0-19-181013-4
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0-19-150828-4
Series Statement:
The biology of habitats series
Content:
Peatlands form important landscape elements in many parts of the world and play significant roles for biodiversity and global carbon balance. This new edition has been fully revised and updated, documenting the latest advances in areas such as microbial processes and relations between biological processes and hydrology. As well as thoroughly referencing the latest research, the authors expose a rich older literature where an immense repository of natural history has accumulated. The Biology of Peatlands starts with an overview of the main peatland types (marsh, swamp, fen, and bog), before exa
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the second edition; Contents; List of contributors; 1 Peatland habitats; 1.1 Wetlands, peatlands, and mires; 1.2 Peatland habitats along wetness and chemical gradients; 1.3 Origin of groundwater and trophic classes; 1.4 The main ecosystems: marsh, swamp, fen, bog; 1.5 Environmental gradients as a basis for a finer classification; 1.6 Peatland classifications; 2 Diversity of life in peatlands; 2.1 Fungi and microorganisms; 2.2 Protozoa; 2.3 Microalgae; 2.4 Lichens; 2.5 Plants; 2.6 Animals; 3 Adaptations to the peatland habitat
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3.1 Plant adaptations to flooding and anoxic conditions3.2 Plant adaptations to low nutrient availability; 3.3 The perfect peatland plant; 3.4 Adaptations in animals; 4 Sphagnum-the builder of boreal peatlands; 4.1 Morphology; 4.2 Capillarity and water-holding capacity; 4.3 Chemical adaptations; 4.4 Nutrient conservation; 4.5 Sphagnum life cycle; 4.6 Diversity of Sphagnum; 4.7 Sphagnum as an environmental indicator; 4.8 Biological interactions in Sphagnum; 4.9 Dispersal and colonization; 4.10 Dynamics and persistence in Sphagnum assemblages; 5 Peat and organic soil
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5.1 Sedentation versus sedimentation5.2 Organic versus mineral matter content; 5.3 Sampling the peat profile; 5.4 Botanical composition; 5.5 Degree of decomposition; 5.6 Physical properties; 5.7 Electrochemical and chemical properties; 5.8 Interrelationships of peat properties; 5.9 Organic soils (histosols); 6 The peat archives; 6.1 Peat fossils; 6.2 Other environmental indicators; 6.3 The problem of dating profiles; 6.4 The Blytt-Sernander scheme; 6.5 Pleistocene peatlands; 6.6 Wetland archaeology; 7 Peatland succession and development; 7.1 Peatland succession; 7.2 Successional pathways
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7.3 Processes of peatland formation7.4 Ombrotrophication; 7.5 Detailed sequences of peatland development; 8 Peatland hydrology; 8.1 Water quantity; 8.2 Acrotelm and catotelm; 8.3 Water balance; 8.4 Peatlands as regulators of water flow; 8.5 Water quality; 8.6 Variation in water chemistry along the bog-rich fen gradient; 9 Nutrients, light, and temperature; 9.1 Nutrients; 9.2 Light; 9.3 Temperature and other climatic factors; 10 Hydrological systems, hydromorphology, and peatland patterns; 10.1 Hydrological systems; 10.2 Hydromorphologic classification; 10.3 The formation of peatland patterns
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11 Peatlands around the world11.1 Areas of peatland; 11.2 Peatland areas used for agriculture, forestry, and peat harvesting; 11.3 A brief global survey; 11.4 Peatlands in Tierra del Fuego; 11.5 Restiad bogs in New Zealand; 11.6 Tropical peatlands in south-east Asia; 12 Productivity and peat accumulation; 12.1 Biomass and productivity; 12.2 Decomposition; 12.3 Carbon flow in peatlands; 12.4 Peat accumulation and its limits; 13 Management, conservation, and restoration of peatlands; 13.1 Historical development of peatland use; 13.2 Agriculture on peatland; 13.3 Forestry on peatland
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13.4 Peat extraction
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-960299-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-299-99031-2
Language:
English
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