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Using Mosses To Assess Conditions In Northern White Cedar Swamps, Vaula L. M. Lukkarinen
Using Mosses To Assess Conditions In Northern White Cedar Swamps, Vaula L. M. Lukkarinen
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Northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis L.) (NWC) swamps are valuable both commercially and ecologically. Unfortunately, many NWC swamps are degraded and information about them is not abundant. Especially there have been no definitive studies about mosses in northern white cedar swamps and how they react to disturbances. Mosses are sensitive to changes in their environment and thus they could be used to assess ecosystem conditions of NWC swamps.
The objective of this study was to determine if mosses could be used to asses conditions in NWC swamps and if there are differences between moss communities in disturbed and …