Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Tariq Munir
Bhupesh Khadka
Bin Xu
Maria Strack
Northern peatlands store globally significant amounts of soil carbon that could be released to the atmosphere under drier conditions induced by climate change. We measured forest floor respiration (R...
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Camille Defrenne
Jessica Moore
Colin Tucker
Louis Lamit
Evan Kane
Randall Kolka
Rodney Chimner
Jason Keller
Erik Lilleskov
Drainage-induced encroachment by trees may have major effects on the carbon balance of northern peatlands, and responses of microbial communities are likely to play a central mechanistic role. We...
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Christine Kuntzemann
Ellen Whitman
Diana Stralberg
Marc-André Parisien
Dan Thompson
Scott Nielsen
Resource Date:
February
2023
Abstract In the boreal forests of North America, large wildfires often leave residual patches of unburned vegetation, termed fire refugia, which can affect post-fire ecosystem processes. Although...
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Earl De Guzman
Marolo Alfaro
Two test sections along a newly constructed road embankment on peat foundations were instrumented to investigate their performance and to develop more economical means of construction method.
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Maria Strack
Shari Hayne
Julie Lovitt
Gregory McDermid
Mir Mustafizur Rahman
Saraswati Saraswati
Bin Xu
Peatlands are globally significant sources of atmospheric methane (CH4). In the northern hemisphere, extensive geologic exploration activities have occurred to map petroleum deposits. In peatlands...
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Yihan Zhao
Anne Naeth
Sarah Wilkinson
Amalesh Dhar
Process affected water and other industrial wastewaters are a major environmental concern. During oil sands mining, large amounts of oil sands process affected water (OSPW) are generated and stored in...
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Jacques Brisson
Mariana Rodriguez
Charles Martin
Raphaël Proulx
Resource Date:
January
2020
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Marie-Claude Roy
Ermias Azeria
David Locky
John Gibson
The analysis of functional trait-habitat relationships has been used to measure the degree to which environmental factors influence the assembly of ecological communities. In the Parkland and...
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Kirsten Lees
Tristan Quaife
Rebekka Artz
Myroslava Khomik
Joanna Clark
Resource Date:
February
2015
Peatlands store large amounts of terrestrial carbon and any changes to their carbon balance could cause large changes in the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of the Earth's atmosphere. There is still much...
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Sarah Wilkinson
Anne Naeth
Amalesh Dhar
Nature-based, low technology wastewater treatment systems can benefit small and remote communities. Adding a constructed floating wetland (CFW) to waste stabilization ponds can enhance treatment...
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Matthew Mumma
Michael Gillingham
Katherine Parker
Chris Johnson
Megan Watters
Resource Date:
November
2018
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Eric Kessel
Owen Sutton
Jonathan Price
Given the potential for moisture limited conditions due to the sub-humid regional climate, ensuring sufficient water availability in these landscapes is a principal concern. This research demonstrates...
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Chantel Markle
Paul Moore
Mike Waddington
Identifying ecosystems resilient to climate and land-use changes is recognized as essential for conservation strategies. However, wetland ecosystems may respond differently to stressors depending on...
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Denys Yemshanov
Robert Haight
Frank Koch
Marc-André Parisien
Tom Swystun
Quinn Barber
Cole Burton
Salimur Choudhury
Ning Liu
Exploration for belowground oil and gas deposits in boreal forests of western Canada involves the creation of seismic lines, which are linear disturbances where seismic equipment operates. Seismic...
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Nobuya Suzuki
Katherine Parker
Resource Date:
December
2019
Highlights • Maintain connectivity to preserve high-value habitats of caribou and grizzly bears. • Avoiding predation risk does not always maintain intact habitat for caribou. • Conserving most...
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Brittany Flemming
Vincent Futoransky
Wade Pruett
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Terry Macyk
Martin Fung
Ron Pauls
Syncrude Canada Ltd. produces 200,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil per day from its oil sands surface mining operations located 50 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The three major types of...
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Meike Lemmer
Bin Xu
Maria Strack
Linne Rochefort
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April
2022
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Jeffrey Ball
Péter Sólymos
Fiona Schmiegelow
Samuel Hache
Jim Schieck
Erin Bayne
Understanding factors that affect the distribution and abundance of species is critical to developing effective management plans for conservation. Our goal was to quantify the distribution and...
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Chris Powter
Neil Chymko
Gordon Dinwoodie
Darlene Howat
Arnold Janz
Ryan Puhlmann
Tanya Richens
Don Watson
Heather SInton
Kevin Ball
Andy Etmanski
Bruce Patterson
Larry Brocke
Ralph Dyer
Alberta’s industrial land conservation and reclamation program developed over 48 yr from an initial focus on surface debris removal and safety to increasing emphasis on returning ecological function