Food web structure in oil sands reclaimed wetlands

• Published in: Ecological applications Vol. 23; no. 5; p. 1048
• Main Authors: Kovalenko, K E, Ciborowski, J J H, Daly, C, Dixon, D G, Farwell, A J, Foote, A L, Frederick, K R, Costa, J M Gardner, Kennedy, K, Liber, K, Roy, M C, Slama, C A, Smits, J E G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.07.2013
• Subjects: Animals; Bacteria - classification; Biomass; Conservation of Natural Resources; Extraction and Processing Industry; Food Chain; Invertebrates - physiology; Petroleum; Plants - classification; Silicon Dioxide - chemistry; Wetlands

Boreal wetlands play an important role in global carbon balance. However, their ecosystem function is threatened by direct anthropogenic disturbance and climate change. Oil sands surface mining in the boreal regions of Western Canada denudes tracts of land of organic materials, leaves large areas in...