Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Resource Date:
April
2017
This document is intended as a guide for reclamation of In Situ facilities in a peatland environment, specifically pad and road disturbances. Pilot studies conducted in Alberta were carried out by...
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Authors
Heather Tokay
Dean MacKenzie
Chris Powter
Bonnie Drozdowski
Kevin Renkema
This document was developed to provide guidance and consistency in applying for and approving variance requests for reclamation certification of upland sites from an ecological perspective.
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Resource Date:
December
2018
This practitioner guide provides a user-friendly overview of the interactions between boreal wetlands and forests and what these interactions mean for forest managers working in Canada’s boreal.
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Resource Date:
December
2018
This technical report describes in detail the interactions between boreal wetlands and forests and how forest managers can use this information to help avoid or minimize adverse effects on wetlands.
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Authors
Jean-Marie Sobze
Marie-Eve Gauthier
Raymond Thomas
Peatland vegetative covers are typically dominated by Bryophytes, and as such vegetative transfer techniques that successfully re-establish the Bryophyte communities play a critical role in the...
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Authors
Mélina Guêné‐Nanchen
Sandrine Hugron
Line Rochefort
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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Authors
Camille Defrenne
Joanne Childs
Christopher Fernandez
Michael Taggart
Robert Nettles
Michael Allen
Paul Hanson
Collen Iversen
Resource Date:
December
2020
Mycorrhizal fungi enable plants to thrive in the cold, waterlogged, organic soils of boreal peatlands and, with saprotrophic fungi, largely contribute to the sequestration of atmospheric carbon in...
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Resource Date:
August
2020
This document is part of the 360 tours project Toolkit developed by Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA) led by Cenovus Energy Inc., in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada. The...
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Authors
Vanessa Caron
M. Henley
Eduard Loos
Kevin Renkema
Dean MacKenzie
Natalie Shelby-James
In 2018, the Petroleum Technology Alliance of Canada (PTAC) initiated a multi-stage project on the reclamation certification process for sites that were constructed using imported mineral soil pads in...
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Authors
Sini-Selina Salko
Jussi Juola
Iuliia Burdun
Harri Vasander
Miina Rautiainen
Boreal peatlands store ~25 % of global soil organic carbon and host many endangered species; however, they face degradation due to climate change and anthropogenic drainage. In boreal peatlands...
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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: A new field guide...
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Authors
Jon Hornung
Carla Wytrykush
G. Haekel
Theo Charette
Marsha Trites
Subject matter experts were asked to participate in a multi-year process to review, interpret and synthesise results on marsh (open water wetland) reclamation and research in the oil sands region
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Authors
Evan DeLancey
Jahan Kariyeva
Jason Bried
Jennifer Hird
The resulting peatland occurrence model shows an accuracy of 87% compared to our validation data set. Differentiating peatlands from mineral wetlands achieved an accuracy of 69%.
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Authors
Scott Davidson
Ellie Goud
Avni Malhotra
Claire Estey
Percy Korsah
Maria Strack
Resource Date:
April
2021
Vast areas of boreal peatlands are impacted by linear disturbances known as seismic lines. Tree removal and ground disturbance alter vegetation communities and are expected to change ecosystem...
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Authors
Karisa Tyler
Daniele Castagneri
Myroslava Khomik
Matthew Elmes
Patrick Fonti
Georg von Arx
Michael Pisaric
Richard Michael Petrone
Resource Date:
August
2022
As global temperatures increase, ongoing research is essential in understanding the long-term effects of climate change on tree dominated wetlands. Acting as a significant landform in the boreal...
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Authors
Cari Ficken
Danielle Cobbaert
Rebecca Rooney
Resource Date:
November
2019
Boreal wetlands are at risk of degradation from anthropogenic activities including oil sands energy extraction. Despite efforts to monitor the impacts of oil sands energy extraction-related activities...
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Authors
Angelo Filicetti
Jesse Tigner
Scott Nielsen
Katherine Wolfenden
Murdoch Taylor
Paula Benthamd
Resource Date:
November
2023
Seismic lines, linear features originating from the oil and gas industry for energy exploration, pose a substantial management challenge due to their collective impact on biogeochemical cycles, plant...
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Authors
Dee Patriquin
Alex Zeller
Karen Truman
Rebecca Hay
Sophie Gibbs
This document provides decision-making criteria to assist in various aspects of roadway design and operation for management of sustainable road systems
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Authors
Budiman Minasny
Diana Vigah 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 Jes 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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Authors
Jessica Allan
Mélina Guêné-Nanchen
Line Rochefort
David Douglas
Jan Axmacher
Resource Date:
October
2023
Abstract The provision of critical ecosystem services like carbon sequestration by peatlands has been degraded around the globe. Peatland restoration represents an opportunity to tackle the twin...