The biology of peatlands / Håkan Rydin and John K. Jeglum ; with contributions from Keith D. Bennett [and others].

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 pro...

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Main Authors: Rydin, Håkan (Author), Jeglum, J. K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press Oxford, 2013.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Biology of habitats.
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250 |a Second edition. 
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520 |a 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. 
505 0 |a Ch. 1 Peatland habitats -- Wetlands, peatlands, and mires -- Peatland habitats along wetness and chemical gradients -- Origin of groundwater and trophic classes -- The main ecosystems: marsh, swamp, fen, bog -- Environmental gradients as a basis for a finer classification -- Peatland classifications -- Ch. 2 Diversity of life in peatlands -- Fungi and microorganisms -- Protozoa -- Microalgae -- Lichens -- Plants -- Animals -- Ch. 3 Adaptations to the peatland habitat / With Contributions from Baptiste Regnery -- Plant adaptations to flooding and anoxic conditions -- Plant adaptations to low nutrient availability -- The perfect peatland plant -- Adaptations in animals -- Ch. 4 Sphagnum-the builder of boreal peatlands -- Morphology -- Capillarity and water-holding capacity -- Chemical adaptations -- Nutrient conservation -- Sphagnum life cycle -- Diversity of Sphagnum -- Sphagnum as an environmental indicator -- Biological interactions in Sphagnum -- Dispersal and colonization -- Dynamics and persistence in Sphagnum assemblages -- Ch. 5 Peat and organic soil -- Sedentation versus sedimentation -- Organic versus mineral matter content -- Sampling the peat profile -- Botanical composition -- Degree of decomposition -- Physical properties -- Electrochemical and chemical properties -- Interrelationships of peat properties -- Organic soils (histosols) -- Ch. 6 The peat archives -- Peat fossils -- Other environmental indicators -- The problem of dating profiles -- The Blytt-Sernander scheme -- Pleistocene peatlands -- Wetland archaeology -- Ch. 7 Peatland succession and development -- Peatland succession -- Successional pathways -- Processes of peatland formation -- Ombrotrophication -- Detailed sequences of peatland development -- Ch. 8 Peatland hydrology -- Water quantity -- Acrotelm and catotelm -- Water balance -- Peatlands as regulators of water flow -- Water quality -- Variation in water chemistry along the bog-rich fen gradient -- Ch. 9 Nutrients, light, and temperature -- Nutrients -- Light -- Temperature and other climatic factors -- Ch. 10 Hydrological systems, hydromorphology, and peatland patterns -- Hydrological systems -- Hydromorphologic classification -- The formation of peatland patterns -- Ch. 11 Peatlands around the world -- Areas of peatland -- Peatland areas used for agriculture, forestry, and peat harvesting -- A brief global survey -- Peatlands in Tierra del Fuego / Dmitri Mauquoy and Keith D. Bennett -- Restiad bogs in New Zealand / Beverley R. Clarkson and Bruce D. Clarkson -- Tropical peatlands in south-east Asia / Aljosja Hooijer -- Productivity and peat accumulation -- Biomass and productivity -- Decomposition -- Carbon flow in peatlands -- Peat accumulation and its limits -- Ch. 13 Management, conservation, and restoration of peatlands -- Historical development of peatland use -- Agriculture on peatland -- Forestry on peatland -- Peat extraction -- Peatland conservation -- Restoration, reclamation, and after-use -- Peatland societies and organizations -- Ch. 14 Peatlands and climate change -- Carbon pools in peatlands -- Greenhouse gases and radiative forcing -- Methods to study environmental changes in peatland -- Current carbon balance in peatlands -- Effects of climate c4ange on peatlands -- Effects of drainage for forestry and agriculture -- Peat harvest -- Effects of climate change in permafrost regions -- Conclusions. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-367) and index. 
588 0 |a Print version record. 
650 0 |a Peatland plants. 
650 0 |a Peatland ecology. 
650 0 |a Peatlands. 
650 0 |a Peat bog plants. 
650 0 |a Bog plants. 
650 0 |a Bog ecology. 
650 0 |a Peat bog ecology. 
650 0 |a Peat bogs. 
650 0 |a Bogs. 
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650 7 |a Peat bog plants  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Peat bog ecology  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Bogs  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Bog plants  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Bog ecology  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Peatland ecology  |2 fast 
650 7 |a Peatland plants  |2 fast 
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