Multi‐decadal water table manipulation alters peatland hydraulic structure and moisture retention

Abstract A peatland complex disturbed by berm construction in the 1950s was used to examine the long‐term impact of water table (WT) manipulation on peatland hydraulic properties and moisture retention at three adjacent sites with increasing depth to WT (WET, INTermediate reference and DRY). Saturated hydraulic conductivity ( K s ) was found to decrease with depth by several orders of magnitude over a depth of 1–1.5 m at all sites. The depth …