Oceanic ombrotrophic peatland at the Seno Skyring Fjord, Patagonia, Chile
Pristine, ombrotrophic peatland with a diverse vegetation ranging from Sphagnum lawns to large hummock/hollow structures and cushion plant lawns (Astelia pumila, Donatia fascicularis)
Taken on 18
March
2013
Submitted on 25 February 2016
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- South America (238)
- Chile (56)
- Exact location (-72.1227 W, -52.5175 S)
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carbon cycle, peat, biogeochemistry, methane
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Credit: Klaus-Holger Knorr (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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