Authors:
Ketcheson, S.J. and J.S. Price
Publication Date:
2011
Abstract/Summary:
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 survival and reestablishment of Sphagnum mosses. As an initial restoration effort, the primary drainage network of an abandoned cutover peatland was blocked with a series of peat dams, consequently reducing the runoff efficiency and causing the site-average water table to rise by 32 cm. Changes to the system hydrology following restoration efforts produced hydrological conditions more favourable for the recolonization of Sphagnum mosses.
Resource Type:
Peer-reviewed Article
Source:
Wetlands
Link:
http://www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca/uploads/tx_centrerecherche/Ketcheson_Price_Wetlands_2011_01.pdf