Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Marieke Heemskerk
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman
Karen Wilson
This paper suggests that researchers can improve interdisciplinary science through the use of conceptual models as a communication tool. The authors share lessons from a workshop in which...
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Christopher Stockdale
Neal McLoughlin
Mike Flannigan
Ellen Macdonald
Montane regions throughout western North America have experienced closures of forest cover and increases of forest encroachment into grasslands due to climate change and fire suppression. These...
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Nirmela Govinda
Peter Groffman
Sarah Durand
Chester Zarnoch
Willis Elkins
Denitrification, the anaerobic microbial conversion of nitrate (NO 3 −), a common water pollutant, to nitrogen (N) gases, is often high in the soil of natural wetlands. In areas where natural wetlands...
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Resource Date:
December
2020
A mesocosm study was undertaken to support the development of end pit lake technology. The mesocosms were exposed to OSPW (Oil Sands Process affected Water) and dFFT (densified Fluid Fine Tails).
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Resource Date:
October
2018
This study utilized mesocosms to investigate the effects of oil sands process water (OSPW) and densified fluid fine tails (dFFT) on aquatic ecosystems to support development of end pit lake technology
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Frederick Cheng
Junehyeong Park
Mukesh Kumar
Nandita Basu
Resource Date:
December
2022
Wetlands protect downstream waters by filtering excess nitrogen (N) generated from agricultural and urban activities. Small ephemeral wetlands, also known as geographically isolated wetlands (GIWs)...
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Grant Hauer
Vic Adamowicz
Stan Boutin
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Kristy Ferraro
Oswald Schmitz
Matthew McCary
Animals can be important vectors of nutrient transfer within and across landscapes, with important implications for ecosystem productivity and composition. While it is presumed large ungulates are...
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Ryan Fisher
Troy Wellicome
Erin Bayne
Ray Poulin
Danielle Todd
Adam Ford
Frequency and intensity of extreme weather has increased against a backdrop of anthropogenic land change. Extreme rainfall during the breeding season reduced reproductive success of burrowing owls.
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W.M. White
Art Limbird
S.C. Josefowich
During the 1980's, the impact of frequent droughts and consequent erosion of topsoil by the wind have become of increasing concern to the agricultural community of southern Alberta. This paper...
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Stefan Schreiber
Barb Thomas
Resource Date:
March
2017
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Jian Zhang
Scott Nielsen
Jessica Stolar
Youhua Chen
Wilfried Thuiller
We found that 368 species (24%) may lose on average > 80% of their current suitable climates (habitats), while 539 species (35%) were projected to more than double their current suitable range
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Jesús Camarero
Antonio Gazol
Raúl Sánchez-Salguero
Alex Fajardo
Eliot McIntire
Emilia Gutiérrez
Enric Batllori
Stéphane Boudreau
Marco Carrer
Jeff Diez
Geneviève Dufour-Tremblay
Narayan Gaire
Annika Hofgaard
Vincent Jomelli
Alexander Kirdyanov
Esther Lévesque
Eryuan Liang
Juan Carlos Linares
Ingrid Mathisen
Pavel Moiseev
Gabriel Sangüesa-Barreda
Krishna Shrestha
Johanna Toivonen
Olga Tutubalina
Martin Wilmking
Climate warming is expected to positively alter upward and poleward treelines which are controlled by low temperature and a short growing season. Despite the importance of treelines as a bioassay of...
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Édouard Bélanger
Mathieu Leblond
Steeve Côté
Resource Date:
November
2018
We fitted collars on 35 adult caribou to assess seasonal habitat selection at 2 spatial scales, current and future population trends, and interactions with the neighboring migratory caribou herd.
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Bart Peeters
Vidar Grøtan
Marlène Gamelon
Vebjørn Veiberg
Aline Lee
John Fryxell
Steve Albon
Bernt-Erik Sæther
Steinar Engen
Steinar Engen
Leif Loe
Brage Hansen
Resource Date:
February
2022
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D.T. Price
D.W. McKenney
L.A. Joyce
R.M. Siltanen
P. Papadopol
K. Lawrence
Projections of future climate were selected for four well-established general circulation models (GCMs) forced by each of three greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions scenarios recommended by the...
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Hannah McKenzie
Evelyn Merrill
Raymond Spiteri
Mark Lewis
In areas of oil and gas exploration, seismic lines have been reported to alter the movement patterns of wolves (Canis lupus). We developed a mechanistic first passage time model, based on an...
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Jeff Wilson
Scott Heckbert
Craig Aumann
Marius Cutlac
William Donahue
Mike Kennedy
Yongbo Liu
Daiyuan Pan
Wanhong Yang
The model documentation summarizes the data, variables and assumptions required to capture how water purification services are provided across landscapes in Alberta
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John Gibson
P. Eby
Jean Birks
Colin Twitchell
C. Gray
J. Kariyeva
Water sampling for stable isotopes ( 18O and 2H) was carried out during 2009–2019 across Alberta, Canada, as part of a survey targeting 1022 open water wetlands. The study presents the first site...
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Alberta NAWMP Partnership
The Landowner Guide to the Alberta Wetland Policy helps landowners understand their rights and responsibilities when working in and around wetlands on their farm or ranch under Alberta’s Wetland...