Long‐term trends in wetland event response with permafrost thaw‐induced landscape transition and hummock development

• Published in: Ecohydrology
• Main Authors: Haynes, Kristine M., Frederick, Ian, Disher, Brenden, Carpino, Olivia, Quinton, William L.
• Other Authors: ArcticNet, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Northwest Territories; Scotty Creek; Peat; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eco.2515; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/eco.2515; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/eco.2515

Abstract Northwestern Canada's discontinuous permafrost landscape is transitioning rapidly due to permafrost thaw, with the conversion of elevated, forested peat plateaus to low‐lying, treeless wetlands. Increasing hydrological connectivity leads to partial drainage of previously isolated wetla...