Long-term peat accumulation in temperate forested peatlands (Thuja occidentalis swamps) in the Great Lakes region of North America

Peatlands are being mapped globally because they are one of the largest pools of terrestrial carbon (C). Most inventories of C have been conducted in northern Sphagnum dominated peatlands or tropical peatlands. Northern white-cedar (cedar, Thuja occidentalis L.) peatlands are amongst the most common...

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Main Authors: C.A. Ott, R.A. Chimner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mire Conservation Group and International Peatland Society 2016-02-01
Series:Mires and Peat
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Online Access:http://mires-and-peat.net/media/map18/map_18_01.pdf