Title: Understanding the peak growing season ecosystem water‐use efficiency at four boreal fens in the Athabasca oil sands region
Citation: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Study Site: Fort McMurray, Alberta
Purpose: Ecosystem water-use efficiency (WUE), a ratio between gross ecosystem production (GEP) and water loss through evapotranspiration (ET) can be helpful for the assessment of coupled peatland carbon and water cycles under anthropogenic changes in the Athabasca oil sands region (AOSR) where extensive oil sands development has been occurring since the 1960's. As such, this study assessed multiyear peak growing season variability of WUE at four fens (poor treed, poor open, treed moderate-rich, open saline) near Fort McMurray using the eddy covariance technique combined with a set of environmental variables.
Abstract: WTD, weather variables, and ET for four boreal fens in the Athabasca oil sands region, Fort McMurray, Alberta, data collected from 2014 to 2018
Supplemental Information Summary:
Research: OSM Program
Further Info: Volik, O., Petrone, R., Kessel, E., Green, A., & Price, J. (2021). Understanding the peak growing season ecosystem water-use efficiency at four boreal fens in the Athabasca oil sands region. Hydrological Processes: https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14323
Status: Complete
Keywords:
peat properties,
meteorology,
hydrology,
fen,
Geographical coordinates: North: 56.366667, South: 56.316667 East: -111.550000 West: -111.650000
Bounding Temporal Extent: Start Date: 2014-01-01, End
Date: 2018-12-31
