Title: Assessing moss transplant methods to enhance Sphagnum moss recovery in post-wildfire hydrophobic peat
Citation: Gage, H. J., Moore, P. A., MacKinnon, B., Granath, G., Wilkinson, S. L.& Waddington, J. M. (2024). Assessing moss transplant methods to enhance Sphagnum moss recovery in post-wildfire hydrophobic peat [Dataset]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11377728
Study Site: Alberta
Purpose: Wildfire is the dominant disturbance in northern peatlands and can release large quantities of carbon to the atmosphere through combustion. Post-fire peat hydrophobicity can inhibit moss regeneration, thereby decreasing the potential for post-fire carbon sequestration. To investigate how to enhance post-fire recovery we assessed two moss restoration methods (plugs and fragments) in an Alberta poor fen two and three years following wildfire.
Abstract: Post-fire peat hydrophobicity and moss regeneration was characterized in four surface cover types: Severely Burned Feather moss hollows (SB-F), Severely Burned Sphagnum fuscum hummocks (SB-S), Lightly Burned S. fuscum hummocks (LB-S), and Lightly Burned Feather moss lawns (LB-F). We then conducted experiments testing the success of moss plugs and fragments of varying moss species at LB-F and SB-F surface covers, which had high hydrophobicity and low post-fire moss recovery.
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Keywords:
peat properties,
vegetation,
reclamation/restoration,
wildfire,
fen,
Geographical coordinates: North: 60.00, South: 49.00 East: -110.00 West: -120.00
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