Net Nitrogen Mineralization in Boreal Fens: A Potential Performance Indicator for Peatland Reclamation
2015
Hartsock, Jeremy A. | House, Melissa | Vitt, Dale H.
The Sandhill Fen reclamation watershed, commissioned by Syncrude Canada, Ltd, is the first attempt to reclaim a self-sustaining peat-forming wetland on a previously mined area. Here, we quantified net nitrogen mineralization rates at Sandhill Fen in the first and second years since initiation (2013-2014). Our main objective was to determine if nitrogen production potentials at Sandhill Fen were similar to six regional fens sampled across an ombrotrophic-minerotrophic peatland gradient. In the second year, net nitrogen mineralization rates across Sandhill Fen (2014 mean = 20.2 mg N m
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