Biogeochemical Effects of Particle Filters in Forest Drainge Ditches

• Main Author: Vesterlund Rönnebro, Annika
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Life Earth Science; Bio- och geovetenskaper; Alvik; Pajala; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-53920

In Sweden and in Finland large forest areas have been ditched to increase forestproductivity. In Sweden more than 1.5 million ha forest have been ditched with a total lengthof about 220 000 km ditches for the last 100 years. Forest drainage ditching results in theerosion of minerals and humus from t...