Canadian Forest Service Publications Carbon stock trends along
forested peatland margins in central Saskatchewan. 2006. Bhatti,
J.S.; Errington, R.C.; Bauer, I.E.; Hurdle, P.A. Canadian
Journal of Soil Science (Special Issue) 86(2): 321-333.
Available from: Northern Forestry Centre Catalog ID: 26105
Forested peatlands store significant amounts of soil carbon (C)
compared with upland forests and are strongly influenced by
climatic parameters. Carbon stocks at peatland margins, although
likely to be most sensitive to changes in climate, have not been
well quantified, making it difficult to predict their response
to climate change. The purpose of this study was to characterize
the physical environment and associated changes in C stocks
across the forested margins of two boreal fens. Peat depth
increased and water table depth decreased toward the peatland
centre, and these parameters acted as the controlling
environmental variables. Above-ground biomass C was primarily
derived from tree biomass and decreased from