Swift recovery of Sphagnum carpet and carbon sequestration after shallow Sphagnum biomass harvesting

White horticultural peat is a microbiologically active growing medium which binds significant quantities of nutrients and water due to its favourable cation exchange capacity and porosity. Unfortunately, horticultural peat is only very slowly renewable, and good quality horticultural peat is not com...

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Main Authors: N. Silvan, K. Jokinen, J. Näkkilä, R. Tahvonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society 2017-04-01
Series:Mires and Peat
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Online Access:http://mires-and-peat.net/media/map20/map_20_01.pdf