%0 Research Notes
%T The functional grouping of mire ecosystems and their response to drainage
%A Eurola, Seppo
%A Huttunen, Antti
%D 1990
%J Suo - Mires and peat
%V 41
%N 1
%U http://suo.fi/article/9670
%X The results of inventories of drained peatlands have occasioned criticism of profitless drainage. For the better understanding of the mire ecosystem a functional and structural division of mires is presented. This is based on the nutrient cycle, the mire margin — mire expanse-effect, the carbon balance and the community structure of mire sites. The suitability for drainage is discussed on the basis of the ecology. A suggestion is made for further treatment of drained mire complexes.

Keywords: Mire classification, mire site types