Wetland Knowledge Resources
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Can-Peat: Canada's Peatlands as Nature-based Climate Solutions Dr. Maria Strack with Jullian Souze Sone, Melanie Bird, and Katie Hettinga Department of Geography and Environmental Management...
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Élise Deschênes
Monique Poulin
Marie-Hélène Brice
Pierre Legendre
Stéphanie Pellerin
Questions The latitudinal biodiversity gradient; i.e., the increase in biodiversity towards the equator, is one of the most prominent biodiversity patterns. Nevertheless, many questions remain to be...
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Matthew Elmes
Nicole Balliston
Emma Davis
Jonathan Price
The peatland-dominated Hudson Bay Lowland (HBL) is facing increasing pressures from climate change and resource extraction operations. Despite the potential for widespread changes in water...
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Nicholas Pontone
Koreen Millard
Dan Thompson
Luc Guindon
André Beaudoin
Peatlands in the Canadian boreal forest are being negatively impacted by anthropogenic climate change, the effects of which are expected to worsen. Peatland types and sub-classes vary in their...
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Sandeep Thayamkottu
Luke Smallman
Jaan Pärn
Ülo Mander
Eugénie Euskirchen
Evan Kane
Boreal peatlands store vast amounts of soil organic carbon (C) owing to the imbalance between productivity and decay rates. In the recent decades, this carbon stock has been exposed to a warming...
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Jasper Steenvoorden
Nina Leestemaker
Daniël Kooij
William Crowley
Fernando Fernandez
Matthijs Schouten
Juul Limpens
Northern peatlands provide key climate regulating services by sequestering and storing atmospheric carbon as peat, but also provide habitat for specialised plant and animal species. Ecosystem-wide...
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Samuel Proulx
Alain Leduc
Nelson Thiffault
Jérôme Laganière
Mixed plantations are garnering increased attention due to their potential to provide a broader array of benefits compared to monocultures. Although numerous studies have indicated promising...
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Seyyed Mashhadi
Denys Grombacher
Dominik Zak
Poul Lærke
Hans Andersen
Carl Hoffmann
Rasmus Petersen
The potential and limitations of the Borehole Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (BNMR) technique as an in situ measurement for peatland soil characterization was tested in 163 boreholes at four selected...
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Budiman Minasny
Diana Adetsu
Matt Aitkenhead
Rebekka Artz
Nikki Baggaley
Alexandra Barthelmes
Amélie Beucher
Jean Caron
Giulia Conchedda
John Connolly
Raphaël Deragon
Chris Evans
Kjetil Fadnes
Dian Fiantis
Zisis Gagkas
Louis Gilet
Alessandro Gimona
Stephan Glatzel
Mogens Greve
Wahaj Habib
Kristell Hergoualc’h
Cecilie Hermansen
Darren Kidd
Triven Koganti
Dianna Kopansky
David Large
Tuula Larmola
Allan Lilly
Haojie Liu
Matthew Marcus
Maarit Middleton
Keith Morrison
Rasmus Petersen
Tristan Quaife
Line Rochefort
Rudiyanto
Linda Toca
Francesco Tubiello
Peter Lystbæk Weber
Simon Weldon
Wirastuti Widyatmanti
Jenny Williamson
Dominik Zak
Peatlands cover only 3–4% of the Earth’s surface, but they store nearly 30% of global soil carbon stock. This significant carbon store is under threat as peatlands continue to be degraded at alarming...
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Hernán Hadad
María Mufarrege
Gisela Di Luca
Gabriela Sánchez
Sandra Caffaratti
María Maine
This work assesses the Cr accumulation and tolerance of Typha domingensis after an accidental discharge of wastewater that produced a concentration of Cr(VI) of approximately 120 mg L−1 in a free...
