Undrained peatland areas disturbed by surrounding drainage: a large scale GIS analysis in Finland with a special focus on aapa mires

Half of the Finnish peatland area is drained for forestry. The remaining undrained peatlands are not all pristine, because surrounding drainage may disturb their hydrology. This concerns especially aapa mires, which are dependent on hydrological connections to their upper catchments. We investigated...

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Main Authors: A. Sallinen, S. Tuominen, T. Kumpula, T. Tahvanainen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mire Conservation Group and International Peatland Society 2019-12-01
Series:Mires and Peat
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Online Access:http://mires-and-peat.net/media/map24/map_24_38.pdf