Impacts of donor-peat management practices on the functional characteristics of a constructed fen

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 81, Issue , 2015, Pages 471-480

  Nwaishi, Felix ^a   Petrone, Richard M ^b   Price, Jonathan S ^b   Ketcheson, Scott J ^b   Slawson, Robin ^a   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; Biogeochemistry; Constructed fen; Nutrient cycling; Peatland reclamation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEWATERING; LANDFORMS; LOADING; NUTRIENTS; OIL SANDS; OIL SHALE; OPEN PIT MINING; PEAT;

ALBERTA OIL SANDS; CONSTRUCTED FEN; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OPERATIONAL PRACTICES; PEATLAND; VEGETATION ESTABLISHMENTS;

WETLANDS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BULK DENSITY; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEWATERING; ECOHYDROLOGY; FEN; FRAGMENTATION; LAND RECLAMATION; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OIL SAND; OPEN PIT MINE; PEAT SOIL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOLUTE;

EID: 84927913895     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.04.038     Document Type: Article

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