28 dossier(s) trouvé(s) portant l’étiquette "peatlands" (les projets pluriannuels sont regroupés):
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Effects of fire on peatland permafrost stability and carbon cycling
chercheur principal: Olefeldt, David
Année(s) de permis: 2017 2016 2015
Résumé: The project team intend to study carbon cycling in peatland catchments, in order to determine whether the interactions between wildfire and permafrost thaw causes increased release of greenhouse gases from peatlands and aquatic ecosystems to the atmosphere, and thus cause amplified climate change. Given the overall objective of the project, the team intend to address five research questions: ...


The influence of forest fires on metal deposition to lakes and peatlands in the North Slave Region, NWT
chercheur principal: Chetelat, John
Année(s) de permis: 2016
Résumé: The research team will use natural environmental archives (lake sediment and peat cores) to characterize the forest fire history in the study region and test the relationship between fire events and metal accumulation over recent centuries. Study sites will be selected along a gradient of recent forest fire activity with some study sites located in areas of the latest burns (2014-15) to examine th...


Bryophytes regeneration in burned peatlands in Northwest Territories
chercheur principal: Guêné-Nanchen, Mélina
Année(s) de permis: 2016
Résumé: The objective of this project is to evaluate bryophytes regeneration in Northwest Territories burned peatlands to improve the understanding of the structure of mosses ecosystems. This new knowledge should improve the restoration method of disturbed peatlands where the reintroduction and regeneration mosses are problematic. Several sites will be studied in order to have a range of plant communit...


Impact of permafrost thaw and wildfire on carbon storage in peatlands
chercheur principal: Turetsky, Merritt R.
Année(s) de permis: 2014 2013
Résumé: The research team aims to study if permafrost thaw in peatlands is linked to rapid losses of organic matter. The field work will focus on extracting a number of cores from different peatland sites that differ in their permafrost status and in fire history. By examining the peat layers in the core the team will be able to reconstruct the history of the site and to link changes in permafrost conditi...


Effects of wildfire on biomass combustion in boreal peatlands and forests
chercheur principal: Turetsky, Merritt R.
Année(s) de permis: 2011
Résumé: The objective is to quantify the amount of fuel combustion and carbon losses during wildfires in boreal conifer forests and peatlands. These data will allow us to quantify climatic and weather controls on the severity of biomass burning. Boreal forests and peatlands store a large amount of carbon in vegetation and soils. Climate change is predicted to increase summer drought, which could mak...


Ecohydrologic Impacts of Wildfire on Peatlands
chercheur principal: Waddington, J.M.
Année(s) de permis: 2010 2009
Résumé: To investigate how the amount of peat consumption during wildfire in bogs or fens (muskeg), is affected by weather, fire behaviour, and properties of the tree canopy. Researchers will manually measure various aspects of the peat, such as total peat depth and the proportion of unburned peat present in the area. Peat depth measurements will be made by driving a 2.5cm steel rod into the peat with...


The hydrology of wetland-dominated basins in the zone of discontinuous permafrost near Fort Simpson, NWT
chercheur principal: Quinton, William L.
Année(s) de permis: 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2001
Résumé: The Fort Simpson region has a high density of open water and wetlands that occupies the zone of discontinuous permafrost. Discontinuous permafrost terrain is particularly sensitive to the effects of climatic warming because pronounced changes in water storage and runoff pathways could occur with small additional ground heating. The major peatland types of this region include channel fens, flat bog...


The Effect of Great Slave Lake on Air and Surface Temperatures in Peatlands Near Yellowknife
chercheur principal: Karunaratne, Kumari C
Année(s) de permis: 2005 2004 2003
Résumé: This project will examine the effect of Great Slave Lake on air and surface temperatures in peatlands near Yellowknife. Each of the sites that along the Ingraham Trail that were instrumented with air and surface temperature sensors the previous summer wi...


Mapping and Modeling Carbon Flux in Northern Canada
chercheur principal: Chen, Wenjun
Année(s) de permis: 2005 2004
Résumé: The objectives of the research are to become familiar with the vegetation and landforms of northern Canada, and to collect vegetation and biophysical data for ground truth of remote sensing and carbon modeling activities. The Dempster Highway provides a...


Surficial Geology of Mackenzie Corridor
chercheur principal: Duk-Rodkin, Alejandra ADR
Année(s) de permis: 2007 2006 2005 2004
Résumé: This project aims to obtain a better understanding of the sensitivity of slopes to disturbance from development, especially in the context of progressive climate warming. It will also identify baseline levels for natural and anthropogenic contaminants,...


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