International Peat Journal 3 1989

Helsinki 1989

Editor: R.A. Robertson

ISSN 0782-7784

189 pages

CONTENTS

Acknowledgement
Smith, R.T. & Taylor, J.A. — Biopedological processes in the inception of peat formation
Shotyk, W. — An overview of the geochemistry of methane dynamics in mires
Meyer, J.H. — Investigation of Holocene organic sediments, a geophysical approach
Nicholson, I.A., Robertson, R.A. & Robinson, M. — The effects of drainage on the hydrology of a peat bog
Okruszko, H. — Transformation of wetlands under the effects of drainage
Williams, B.L. & Wheatley, R.E. — Nitrogen transformations in poorly-drained reseeded blanket peat under different management systems
Scheffer, B. & Kuntze, H. — Phosphate leaching from high moor soils
Mathur, S.P. — A lack of displacement of other metals by copper in two cupriferous swamps
Collins, J.F., Hammond, R.F. & Walsh, M. — Microscopic study of humiluvic and coprogenic materials from Creagh Bog, Co. Mayo, and some other Irish peats
Chang, F.H. & Spigarelli, S.A. — Bioconversion of peat to protozoan biomass and starch-like products by a microbial trophic system
McAfee, M. — Aeration studies on peat soil. The effects of water-table depth and crop cover

Summaries in Russian
Summaries in German