Wetland Knowledge Resources
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Maria Strack
Percy Korsah
Scott Davidson
Abstract Boreal peatlands serve as long-term carbon (C) sinks and a significant source of methane (CH 4) to the atmosphere. However, peatlands are threatened by both natural and anthropogenic...
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Craig Mahoney
Cynthia McClain
Danielle Cobbaert
Janet Dooley
Jennifer Hird
John Simms
Kristyn Mayner
Lyle Boychuk
Marsha Trites
Michael Merchant
Mina Nasr
Rebecca Edwards
Sydney Toni
Highlights What are the main findings? AI models integrating multi-sensor satellite data and LiDAR met or exceeded Alberta’s provincial wetland mapping standards across four pilot regions. Deep...
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Watersheds Without Walls: Building Flood and Drought Resilience Through Partnership Wetlands play a key role in enhancing the resilience of Alberta’s water resources and in mitigating the impacts of...
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Northward shift...
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Shona Derlukewich, P.Biol. Fisheries and Oceans Canada The Alberta Watercourse Crossing Guidebook (AWC3) was developed to assist in the recovery of lost, isolated, and damaged fishery habitats caused...
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: The Canadian...
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Klaus-Holger Knorr
Mariusz Lamentowicz
Stephan Glatzel
Abstract The application of a multi-proxy approach to evaluate ecological baselines with the purpose of analysing potential restoration trajectories in ombrotrophic bogs is limited. Moreover, the...
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Abstract This novel study presents vegetation community maps for saltmarshes along the Petites-Bergeronnes River, Québec (Canada), derived from supervised classification models of varying spatial and...
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Richard Petrone
Scott Ketcheson
ABSTRACT The Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) is one of the largest unconventional oil reserves in the world. Oil extraction activities have created extensive landscape disturbance, generating ~45 M...
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Benjamin Poulter
Michael Wulder
The boreal forest has experienced the fastest warming of any forested biome in recent decades. While vegetation–climate models predict a northward migration of boreal tree cover, the long-term studies...
