Peatland and water in the northern Lake States.

Don H. Boelter; Elon S. Verry

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Peatland and water in the northern Lake States.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Don H. Boelter, Elon S. Verry

Year:

1977

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

General Technical Report NC-31. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

The North Central Forest Experiment Station expanded its watershed research program in 1960 to include basic peatland studies. This paper reviews and summarizes basic principles developed from these studies of peatland hydrology, organic soil characteristics, and streamflow chemistry.

Keywords

forest hydrology, water chemistry, streamflow, organic soils, histosols, ombrotrophic, bog, minerotropic, fen

Citation

Boelter, Don H.; Verry, Elon S. 1977. Peatland and water in the northern Lake States. General Technical Report NC-31. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station