Browsing Geography and Environmental Management by Subject "Sphagnum"
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Evaluating parameter fitting and model design for unsaturated processes in peatlands
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-08)Growing Sphagnum moss for peatland restoration and fibre farming requires the proper moisture regime be maintained; thus, there is a desire to optimize growth by creating ideal hydrological conditions. Sphagnum mosses have ... -
An evaluation of moisture dynamics and productivity of Sphagnum and Tomenthypnum mosses in western boreal peatlands, Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2014-05-22)Western boreal peatlands have diverse ground covers of Sphagnum and brown mosses that have important hydrological controls on peatland-atmosphere interactions. Since peatland mosses are non-vascular, their shoot structural ... -
An evaluation of the water balance and moisture dynamics within Sphagnum mosses following the restoration (rewetting) of an abandoned block-cut bog
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)Artificial drainage networks established throughout peatlands during the peat extraction process often remain active following abandonment, maintaining a water table relatively far from the surface of the peat and hindering ... -
The hydrology of the Bois-des-Bel bog peatland restoration: A tale of two scales
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-21)Vacuum harvested peatlands typically do not spontaneously regenerate peatland species and more importantly the peat-forming Sphagnum mosses. Thus harvested and abandoned peatlands require restoration to return the peat-forming ... -
Hydrophysical evolution, soil water dynamics, and productivity of Sphagnum carpets in a regenerating cutover peatland
(University of Waterloo, 2014-11-26)The physical and hydrologic characteristics of cutover peatlands often inhibit the regeneration of typical peatland vegetation, particularly the keystone peat-forming genus <i>Sphagnum</i>, in the absence of active ... -
The Role of Ericaceous Shrubs in the Surface Water Balance and Soil Water Availability of Cutover Peatland, Québec
(University of Waterloo, 2008-09-12)Peatlands are carbon sinks and occupy approximately 13% of Canada’s terrestrial surface of which 0.02% have been harvested for horticultural peat. The extraction of peat from natural peatlands alters the hydrology which ...