Wetland Knowledge Resources
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Many of Canada’s rivers no longer flow freely due to dams and other barriers restricting the movement of our native species. Watersheds have become degraded by human development to the point where...
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Jacqueline Dennett
Cris Gray
Emily Herdman
Jen Hird
Cynthia McClain
David Roberts
Murdoch Taylor
Andrew Underwood
Michael Wendlandt
The relationship between groundwater and its receiving environment is of particular interest in the Alberta oil sands region (OSR) where industrial operations have the potential to affect both the...
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Mackenzie Baysinger
Susanne Liebner
Jens Strauss
Sizhong Yang
Katharina Jentzsch
Alexander Bartholomäus
Claire Treat
Climate warming is predicted to rapidly change the local environmental conditions in peatland systems at high latitudes. This study explored soil respiration rates with microbial community...
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Temperature and moisture are two key factors that are expected to change under current and future climate projections, with significant impacts on ecosystems and biological communities. In northern...
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Kara Webster
Maria Strack
Nicole Balliston
Marissa Davies
Kathryn Hettinga
Miranda Hunter
Kimberly Kleinke
Megan Schmidt
Carlos Barreto
Melanie Bird
Kristen Blann
Kelly Bona
Allison Cassidy
John Connolly
Scott Davidson
Lee Fedorchuk
Michelle Garneau
Lorna Harris
Hongxing He
Sarah Howie
Adam Kirkwood
Nicholas Pontone
Karen Richardson
Nicole Sanderson
Gilles Seutin
Bin Xu
Xiangbo Yin
Knowledge and data on the current function, future threats, and benefits of peatlands in Canada are required to support evidence-based decision-making to ensure they continue to provide critical...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
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: Wetland...
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Kristyn Mayner
Jessie Lavallee-Whifen
James Kenyon
Jane Bailey
Le Guide de terrain des terres humides du Yukon est une ressource visuelle complète qui présente la diversité des milieux humides du Yukon et leur importance pour le territoire ainsi que pour les...
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Ecosystem mapping is a vital tool in conservation and land management that involves creating visual representations of natural environments. These maps highlight the distribution, health, and...
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Virgil Hawkes
Jon Hornung
Julio Novoa
Michael Miller
Sarah Kohlsmith
Achieving land capability equivalent to that which existed prior to disturbance is the primary goal of reclamation in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of northern Alberta. To date, most reclamation has...
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Yunzhu Qin
Yichao Zhang
Yuying Chen
Shaorun Lin
Yang Shu
Yuhan Huang
Xinyan Huang
Mei Zhou
Overwintering peat fires are re-emerging in snow-covered Arctic-boreal regions, releasing unprecedented levels of carbon into the atmosphere and exacerbating climate change. Despite the critical role...
