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- Title
Recreating a Functioning Forest Soil in Reclaimed Oil Sands in Northern Alberta: An Approach for Measuring Success in Ecological Restoration.
- Authors
Rowland, S. M.; Prescott, C. E.; Grayston, S. J.; Quideau, S. A.; Bradfield, G. E.
- Abstract
The article discusses research investigating an approach for measuring the success of ecological restoration through the recreation of a functioning forest soil in reclaimed Northern Alberta oil-sands. During the mining of oil-sands, pits are produced by the removal of vegetation, soil, and overburden, which is soil that lies above the oil sand. The team used nonmetric multidimensional scaling and cluster analysis of ecosystem function measurements, coupled with data from reclamation treatments of several age classes, to determine which treatments created ecosystems similar to that of natural forest ecosystems. The correlation between reclamation treatments, nutrient availability, and the effects of fertilizer application on vegetative growth is discussed.
- Subjects
NORTHERN Alberta; ALBERTA; RECLAMATION of land; RESTORATION ecology; FOREST soils; SOIL quality; PLANT nutrients; BIOAVAILABILITY; RESEARCH methodology; MULTIDIMENSIONAL scaling; CLUSTER analysis (Statistics); OIL sands
- Publication
Journal of Environmental Quality, 2009, Vol 38, Issue 4, p1580
- ISSN
0047-2425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2134/jeq2008.0317