Nine-years effect of harvesting and mechanical site preparation on bryophyte decomposition and carbon stocks in a boreal forested peatland

The study area is located in the Clay Belt region of northwestern Quebec (Canada). There are two databases related to: (1) decompostion rate and (2) to soil C stocks.

The first database contains 487 mass loss percent of three bryophytes species (Pleurozium schreberi, Sphagnum capillifolium, and Sphagnum fuscum) for one and two growing seasons (i.e., 4 months and 16 months, June to October 2019 and June 2019 to October 2020) and some micro-environmental variables. the microenvironmental variables involved, the Air and soil temperature, soil layer types (fibric, mesic, humic and mineral), water table fluctuations, organic layer thickness and canopy openness.