From: Potential carbon loss associated with post-settlement wetland conversion in southern Ontario, Canada
Southeastern Ontario peatlands survey | Estimated peat depth (m), mean [SD] | |||
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Peat depths recorded sites (cores per site)a | Total peat cores | Peat depth rangeb (m) | ||
Conifer swamp | 23 (4–140) | 556 | 0.7–5.0 | 2.2 [1.1] |
Mixed swamp | 25 (3–148) | 799 | 0.2–3.7 | 1.7 [0.8] |
Deciduous swamp | 29 (3–161) | 663 | 0.4–4.3 | 1.3 [1.0] |
Shrub swamp | 32 (3–91) | 415 | 0.3–6.0 | 1.7 [1.3] |
Fen | 20 (2–37) | 180 | 0.9–4.4 | 2.4 [1.0] |
Bog | 13 (2–36) | 159 | 1.9–3.9 | 2.9 [0.8] |
Marsh | 19 (2–40) | 138 | 0.4–3.5 | 1.5 [0.9] |
(All sites) | 161 (2–161) | 2910 | 0.2–6.0 | 1.9 [1.2] |