Towards Developing a Functional-Based Approach for Constructed Peatlands Evaluation in the Alberta Oil Sands Region, Canada

Wetlands

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 211-225

  Nwaishi, Felix ^a   Petrone, Richard M ^b   Price, Jonathan S ^b   Andersen, Roxane ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alberta oil sands; Biogeochemical processes; Constructed peatlands; Ecosystem functions; Reclamation evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925489888     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-014-0623-1     Document Type: Article

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