Ressources de connaissances sur les terres humides
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Passive biological treatments have been proposed as a possible efficient and cost effective treatment method for metal bearing water discharged from mine sites after closure. Several biofilters are...
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Ville Vasko
Simon Gaultier
Anna Blomberg
Thomas Lilley
Kai Norrdahl
Jon Brommer
Wetlands are important habitats for insectivorous bats, as the presence of water promotes insect abundance and provides drinking water for wildlife, and therefore could promote bat conservation...
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Jonas Mortelmans
Anne Felsberg
Gabrielle De Lannoy
Sander Veraverbeke
Robert Field
Niels Andela
Michel Bechtold
The Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) system, even though originally developed and calibrated for an upland Jack pine forest, is used globally to estimate fire danger for any fire environment. However...
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Alex Horne
Marc Beutel
Greg Woodside
Nitrate pollution of surface water from farms and urban runoff is widespread – impairing drinking water supplies, recreation, and wildlife habitat. The scale of the problem in rivers has overwhelmed...
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Ignacio Aguirre
Glynnis Hood
Cherie Westbrook
Beavers ( Castor canadensis and C. fiber) build dams that modify catchment and pond water balances, and it has been suggested that they can be a nature-based solution for reducing flood hydrographs...
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Alberta Environment and Parks
This code of practice regulates wetland restoration and wetland construction activities as defined in the Code by replacing Water Act approval requirements. Wetland restoration is applied to wetlands...
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Methylmercury production and export in permafrost peatland catchments of the Taiga Plains Lauren Thompson, University of Alberta Ongoing permafrost thaw in northern peatland catchments may increase...
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Techniques for measuring carbon in...
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Dylan Fraser
Thomas Coon
Michael Prince
Rene Dion
Louis Bernatchez
Despite their dual importance in the assessment of endangered/threatened species, there have been few attempts to integrate traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and evolutionary biology knowledge...
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Geb Raygorodetsky
Cheryl Chetkiewicz
Ontario’s Far North is one of the world’s largest and most intact expanses of boreal forest and wetlands. The region has almost no industrial development today, but that could change with plans for...
