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Sphagnum

Known as: Mosses, Sphagnum, Moss, Sphagnum, Sphagnum Moss 
A plant genus of the family Sphagnaceae, order Sphagnales, subclass Sphagnidae, class SPHAGNOPSIDA.
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Sphagnum mosses harbour highly specific bacterial diversity during their whole lifecycle
Knowledge about Sphagnum-associated microbial communities, their structure and their origin is important to understand and… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Sphagnum mosses limit total carbon consumption during fire in Alaskan black spruce forests
The high water retention of hummock-forming Sphagnum species minimizes soil moisture fluctuations and might protect forest floor… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Testate amoebae as proxies for mean annual water‐table depth in Sphagnum‐dominated peatlands of North America
Peatland‐inhabiting testate amoebae are sensitive indicators of substrate‐moisture conditions and have increasingly been used in… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Effects of water level and temperature on performance of four Sphagnum mosses
To evaluate the effects of changes in water level and temperatures on performance of four Sphagnum mosses, S. magellanicum, S… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Characterization and reactivity assessment of organic substrates for sulphate-reducing bacteria in acid mine drainage treatment.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Methylocapsa acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel methane-oxidizing and dinitrogen-fixing acidophilic bacterium from Sphagnum bog.
A novel genus and species, Methylocapsa acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., are proposed for a methane-oxidizing bacterium isolated… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
n-Alkane distributions in ombrotrophic mires as indicators of vegetation change related to climatic variation
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Effect of changes in water content on photosynthesis, transpiration and discrimination against 13CO2 and C18O16O in Pleurozium and Sphagnum
Photosynthetic gas exchange characteristics of two common boreal forest mosses, Sphagnum (section acutifolia) and Pleurozium… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
IMPACT OF ACIDIFICATION AND EUTROPHICATION ON MACROPHYTE COMMUNITIES IN SOFT WATERS IN THE NETHERLANDS I. FIELD OBSERVATIONS
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
THE GROWTH OF SPHAGNUM: SOME EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT
Some of the reasons for studying the growth of Sphagnum are summarized by Clymo (1970). Briefly, they are that the total mass of… 
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