Partitioning Evapotranspiration in Forested Peatlands within the Western Boreal Plain, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

• Main Author: Gabrielli, Elise C.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholars Commons @ Laurier 2016
• Subjects: WBP; Peatland; Energy Balance; Evapotranspiration; Canopy Transpiration; Microtopography; Earth Sciences; Hydrology; Canada; Fort McMurray; Maloney; Turunen
• Online Access: https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/1820; https://scholars.wlu.ca/context/etd/article/2936/viewcontent/GABRIELLI_THESIS.pdf

Forested peatlands in the Western Boreal Plain (WBP) represent hydrologically sensitive ecosystems that often support an open-crown forest of Picea mariana and/or Larix laricina. These systems store globally significant soil carbon, containing one-fourth to one-third of the world’s soil organic carb...