Ecological impacts of the industrial revolution in a lowland raised peat bog near Manchester, NW England

• Published in: Ecology and evolution Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. e9807 - n/a
• Main Authors: Garcés‐Pastor, Sandra, Fletcher, William J., Ryan, Peter A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2023; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Access control; Acid deposition; Air pollution; Anthropogenic factors; Archives & records; Ash; Biodiversity; Bogs; Bulk density; Composition; Conservation; Conservation practices; Deposition; Dominance; Environmental changes; Environmental tracers; Heavy metal content; Heavy metals; human impact; Human influences; Industrial development; Industrial Revolution; Mosses; Paleoecology; Peat; Peat bogs; Peatlands; Pollen; Pollutant deposition; Pollution control; Principal components analysis; Redundancy; Reintroduction; Restoration; Sediments; Sheep; Sphagnum; Stratigraphy; Urban areas; Vegetation; Vegetation changes; United Kingdom > UK; England; industrial revolution; paleoecology; pollen; UK; peat bogs; human impact

(1) Ombrotrophic peat bogs provide valuable records of environmental change on long timescales but are rarely preserved near the major centers of industrial activity. Holcroft Moss is a rare example of a stratigraphically intact lowland peat bog in NW England, which provides a valuable opportunity t...