Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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An undated two page fact sheet from the Government of Nunavut, in English and Inuktitut. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find more related resources...
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Authors
Patrick Deane
S. Wilkinson
G. Verkaik
P. Moore
D. Schroeder
J. Waddington
Resource Date:
March
2022
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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Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
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Resource Date:
September
2023
Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
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In the boreal biome of North America, large wildfires usually leave behind residual patches of unburned vegetation, termed refugia, which can strongly affect post-fire ecosystem processes. While...
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Authors
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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Authors
Lorna Harris
David Olefeldt
Nicolas Pelletier
Christian Blodau
Klaus-Holger Knorr
Julie Talbot
Liam Heffernan
Merritt Turetsky
Resource Date:
August
2023
Rapid, ongoing permafrost thaw of peatlands in the discontinuous permafrost zone is exposing a globally significant store of soil carbon (C) to microbial processes. Mineralization and release of this...
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Authors
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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If you live in western Canada chances are you’ve seen a seismic line. Narrow corridors cut through the bush, seismic lines facilitate access for people and equipment to conduct geophysical surveys to...
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Authors
Stephen Moran
Mark Trudell
Terry Macyk
Daphne Cheel
The first phase of the study, which was completed in 1984, included characterization and instrumentation of two study areas: the Battle River study area, which included Diplomat, Vesta and Paintearth...
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Resource Date:
January
2016
This presentation covers various best practices and new techniques that can be implemented in the planning, construction and reclamation stages of in-situ oil sands operations.
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Wetlands across the globe have long served as natural repositories for humanity’s toxic legacy, absorbing and retaining hundreds to thousands of years’ worth of pollution. These swampy vaults have...
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Research completed by the University of Saskatchewan in collaboration with a consortium of industry and government partners. Research included a multi-faceted program on the population dynamics and...
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Authors
Philip McLoughlin
Clara Superbie
Kathrine Stewart
Patricia Tomchuk
Branden Neufeld
Dale Barks
Tom Perry
Ruth Greuel
Charlotte Regan
Alexandre Truchon-Savard
Sarah Hart
Jonathan Henkelman
Jill Johnstone
Research completed by the University of Saskatchewan in collaboration with a consortium of industry and government partners. Research included a multi-faceted program on the population dynamics and...
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Authors
Brian Eaton
Tyler Muhly
Jason Fisher
Shauna-Lee Chai
Reclaimed mine sites will consist of engineered landforms (including water bodies and waterways); the long-term hydrological and ecological function of those sites may be vulnerable to beaver activity
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Authors
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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Crude average bear density for the AOSERP study area, including water areas, was 0.18 per km2 assuming total avoidance of muskeg areas and 0.25 per km2 assuming use of muskeg
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Authors
Shauna-Lee Chai
Amy Nixon
Scott Nielsen
Assessed 16 potentially new invasive plant species not yet present in Alberta for their invasiveness and climate change-related risk
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Alberta Health, Environmental Health Services Division
On May 30, 1968 G.C.O.S requested permission to discharge 110 x 106 ft3 of effluent from the sands tailings pond at the Fort McMurray site into the Athabasca River during periods of high river flow
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Authors
W.J. Beese
B.A. Blackwell
R.N. Green
B.C. Hawkes
Prescribed burning is widely used as a forest management tool; however, its long-term impacts on site productivity must be better understood to meet planned burn objectives. MacMillan Bloedel (now...