Update on State Management of Peat Development
Author: Deborah Karasov
Publisher:
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13:
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The Patterned Peatlands of Minnesota
Author: Herbert Edgar Wright
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 506
ISBN-13: 9781452903057
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoreal Peatland Ecosystems
Author: R.K. Wieder
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2006-10-16
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 3540319131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first truly ecosystem-oriented book on peatlands. It adopts an ecosystems approach to understanding the world's boreal peatlands. The focus is on biogeochemical patterns and processes, production, decomposition, and peat accumulation, and it provides additional information on animal and fungal diversity. A recurring theme is the legacy of boreal peatlands as impressive accumulators of carbon as peat over millennia.
Peatlands
Author: I.P. Martini
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2007-03-28
Total Pages: 606
ISBN-13: 0080468055
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the past two decades there has been considerable work on global climatic change and its effect on the ecosphere, as well as on local and global environmental changes triggered by human activities. From the tropics to the Arctic, peatlands have developed under various geological conditions, and they provide good records of global and local changes since the Late Pleistocene.The objectives of the book are to analyze topics such as geological evolution of major peatlands basins; peatlands as self sustaining ecosystems; chemical environment of peatlands: water and peat chemistry; peatlands as archives of environmental changes; influence of peatlands on atmosphere: circular complex interactions; remote sensing studies of peatlands; peatlands as a resource; peatlands degradation, restoration, plus more.* Presents an interdisciplinary approach, with an emphasis on Earth Science, and addresses the need for intergration between subdisciplines and the developing of new approaches* Synthesizes the evolutionary, ecological, and chemical characteristics of major peatlands, as well as focuses on the environmental changes, from climate changes to surface ares changes due to human activities* Covers topical studies of worldwide interest and provides examples from many different countries
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Lands
Publisher:
Published: 1950
Total Pages: 1196
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Author: John P. Smol
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010-09-30
Total Pages: 687
ISBN-13: 1139492624
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis much revised and expanded edition provides a valuable and detailed summary of the many uses of diatoms in a wide range of applications in the environmental and earth sciences. Particular emphasis is placed on the use of diatoms in analysing ecological problems related to climate change, acidification, eutrophication, and other pollution issues. The chapters are divided into sections for easy reference, with separate sections covering indicators in different aquatic environments. A final section explores diatom use in other fields of study such as forensics, oil and gas exploration, nanotechnology, and archaeology. Sixteen new chapters have been added since the first edition, including introductory chapters on diatom biology and the numerical approaches used by diatomists. The extensive glossary has also been expanded and now includes over 1,000 detailed entries, which will help non-specialists to use the book effectively.
Domestic Energy Resources
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13:
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 578
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeatlands of the Western Guayana Highlands, Venezuela
Author: Joseph Alfred Zinck
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2011-08-04
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 3642201385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Guayana Highlands in northeastern tropical America, rising from lowland rain forests and savannas up to 3000 m elevation, are characterized by ancient tablelands called tepuis. The peatlands that developed on the tepuis constitute unique and fascinating ecosystems and are the focus of this volume, which starts with an overview of tropical and subtropical peats, followed by an introduction to the geo-ecological features of the Guayana region as a whole, with special emphasis on the diversity of the vegetation cover from lowlands to uplands to highlands. The core subject centers on the properties and dating of the peat deposits and the interpretation of the chronological record in terms of past environmental changes. The well illustrated book will appeal to a broad range of scientists interested in tropical highland peats, including quaternarists, soil scientists, geomorphologists, geographers, geologists, ecologists, botanists, hydrologists, conservationists, and land use planners.
Bulletin
Author: Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
Publisher:
Published: 1915
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13:
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