Bogland
Merritt R. Turetsky
W.W. Norton & Company , $29.99
Thank goodness Merritt Turetsky became captivated by boglands. The ecosystem ecologist evocatively describes the beauty, danger and vitality of these ecosystems in her book, Bogland .
“Buffering the space between forest and river, boglands refuse to be defined as either land or water,” writes Turetsky, of the University of Colorado Boulder. Their soggy, oxygen-starved conditions make it difficult for microbes to break down organic matter, allowing carbon-rich peat to form. It’s that peat that sets boglands apart from all other ecosystems, she writes.
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