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Carl Johan Westman (email), Jukka Laine, Michael Starr

A comparison of gravimetric and volumetric soil properties in peatland and upland sites.

Westman C. J., Laine J., Starr M. (1985). A comparison of gravimetric and volumetric soil properties in peatland and upland sites. Silva Fennica vol. 19 no. 1 article id 5232. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15411

Abstract

Transects from upland to peatland sites were laid out so as to encounter a wide range of nutritional and hydrological conditions and volumetric soil samples were taken at 20 m intervals. For organic material, in particular peats, the correlation of ignition loss with CEC and total N were clearly higher when the variables were expressed volumetrically. The volumetric expression of variables made comparison of soils with varying organic matter contents possible. In preliminary analyses of the relationships between soil variables and dominant height of the tree stand on mineral soil sites volumetric exchangeable bases, pH and C/N -ratio in the raw humus layer showed a significant correlation.

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Keywords
nutrients; peatlands; soil properties; upland soil; hydrological properties; volumetric soil properties

Published in 1985

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