Volume 13
Issue 3
Environmental Development
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume13/issue3/abs-06.html
THE GROWTH DYNAMICS OF THE ACROTELM LAYER OF THE RAISED BOG „BÓR ZA LASEM” IN THE ORAWSKO-NOWOTARSKA BASIN
Krzysztof Lipka1, Grzegorz Szewczyk2, Magdalena Malec1
1 Department of Soil Reclamation and Peat-Bog Protection,
University of Agriculture, Cracow, Poland
2 Department of Forest an Wood Utilization,
University of Agriculture, Cracow, Poland
ABSTRACT
The paper presents assessment and results of research on the rate of annual increment of organic matter accumulated in the top, only slightly decomposed acrotelm layer of a raised bog, on the basis of the age of trees which grow there (Pinus sylvestris). Additionally, the plant cover was characterised. The research showed that the average annual increment
amounts to 4.70 mm. The research object is of outstanding environmental importance with considerable aesthetic and landscape values. It is proposed that the bog should become a protected area in the form of a reserve.
Key words: raised bog, acrotelm layer, plant cover, rate of annual increment.
Krzysztof Lipka
Department of Soil Reclamation and Peat-Bog Protection,
University of Agriculture, Cracow, Poland
Al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Cracow, Poland
Grzegorz Szewczyk
Department of Forest an Wood Utilization,
University of Agriculture, Cracow, Poland
Al. 29-listopada 46, 31-425 Cracow, Poland
Magdalena Malec
Department of Soil Reclamation and Peat-Bog Protection,
University of Agriculture, Cracow, Poland
Al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Cracow, Poland
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