Patterns in moss element concentrations in fens across species, habitats, and regions

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HÁJEK Michal PLESKOVÁ Zuzana SYROVÁTKA Vít PETERKA Tomáš LABURDOVÁ Jitka KINTROVÁ Kateřina JIROUŠEK Martin HÁJEK Tomáš

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
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Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2014.06.003
Field Botany
Keywords bryophyte; calcicole–calcifuge behaviour; ionome
Description We analysed element concentrations in apical parts of dominant peatand brown mosses along the complete pH/calcium gradient in fens of three Central European regions. Water chemistry determined substantially species’ magnesium, potassium (in the potassium-poor region), and partially also calcium concentrations. Calcium and potassium concentrations were generally most predictable by water chemistry, water table depth (WTD), and species identity, while concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus, and especially iron were least predictable. Because moss chemical composition combines the effects of species identity and various effects of the environment, cautionis needed in any meta-analysis.
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