Inferred history of a boreal pond from sediment and vegetation characteristics

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Soil Science
• Main Authors: Nicholson, B. J., Bayley, S. E., Whitehouse, H. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2006
• Subjects: Soil Science; Utikuma Lake; Thermokarst
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/s05-091; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.4141/S05-091

Shallow ponds associated with peatlands in boreal Alberta contain large quantities of stored carbon in their peaty sediments, and exhibit spatial changes in response to dry or wet conditions. Peatland ponds around Utikuma Lake experienced a partial to nearly complete drawdown in 2002, in response to...