Rewetting increases vegetation cover and net growing season carbon uptake under fen conditions after peat-extraction in Manitoba, Canada

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 20588 - 13
• Main Authors: Turmel-Courchesne, Laurence, Davies, Marissa A., Guêné-Nanchen, Mélina, Strack, Maria, Rochefort, Line
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.11.2023; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/158/854; 704/47/4113; Aquatic ecosystems; Aquatic plants; Canada; Carbon Dioxide; Carbon sequestration; Carbon sinks; Ecosystem; Emissions; Fens; Growing season; Humanities and Social Sciences; Manitoba; Methane; multidisciplinary; Peat; Peatlands; Plants; Propagules; Recovery of function; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Seasons; Soil; Vegetation; Vegetation cover; Vegetation establishment; Vegetation surveys; Water; Water levels; Water management; Wetlands; Canada; Manitoba; Manitoba Canada

The moss layer transfer technique has been developed to restore the carbon sequestration function and typical vegetation of Sphagnum -dominated peatlands after peat extraction in North America. However, the technique does not lead to successful bryophyte establishment when applied to peatlands with...