Environmental Science
8 years ago

Peatland chemical diversity challenges traditional classification methods.

Mires and Peat
Chemical characteristics of some peatlands in southern Poland.
Małgorzata Suska‐Malawska, A. Ekonomiuk, Bogusław Wiłkomirski

Paper Summary

The study looked at different types of peat in southern Poland to see how their chemical properties vary. They found that peat from different areas can have similar chemical makeup, and even peat from the same area can be different. This means that just looking at the plants in the peat doesn't tell us much about how it formed.

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