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An integrated assessment of impacts to ecosystem services associated with prairie pothole wetland drainage quantifying wide-ranging losses

dc.contributor.authorWhitfield, Colin
dc.contributor.authorCavaliere, Emily
dc.contributor.authorBaulch, Helen
dc.contributor.authorClark, Robert
dc.contributor.authorSpence, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorShook, Kevin
dc.contributor.authorHe, Zhihua
dc.contributor.authorPomeroy, John W.
dc.contributor.authorWolfe, Jared
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-18T20:25:25Z
dc.date.available2024-07-18T20:25:25Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-20
dc.descriptionColin J. Whitfield, Emily Cavaliere, Helen M. Baulch, Robert G. Clark, Christopher Spence, Kevin R. Shook, Zhihua He, John W. Pomeroy, and Jared D. Wolfe. 2024. An integrated assessment of impacts to ecosystem services associated with prairie pothole wetland drainage quantifying wide-ranging losses. FACETS. 9(): 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2023-0207
dc.description.abstractIn many regions, a tradeoff exists between draining wetlands to support the expansion of agricultural land, and conserving wetlands to maintain their valuable ecosystem services. Decisions about wetland drainage are often made without identifying the impacts on the services these systems provide. We address this gap through a novel assessment of impacts on ecosystem services via wetland drainage in the Canadian prairie landscape. Draining pothole wetlands has large impacts, but sensitivity varies among the indicators considered. Loss of water storage increased the magnitude of median annual flows, but absolute increases with drainage were higher for larger, less frequent events. Total phosphorus exports increased in concert with streamflow. Our analysis suggested disproportionate riparian habitat losses with the first 30% of wetland area drained. Dabbling ducks and wetland-associated bird abundances respond strongly to the loss of small wetland ponds; abundances were predicted to decrease by half with the loss of only 20%–40% of wetland area. This approach to evaluating changes to key wetland ecosystem services in a large region where wetland drainage is ongoing can be used with an economic valuation of the drainage impacts, which should be weighed against the benefits associated with agricultural expansion.
dc.description.sponsorshipCanada First Research Excellence Fund to Global Water Futures, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada ResNet, Discovery Grants
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.identifier.doi10.1139/facets-2023-0207
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10388/15841
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCanadian Science Publishing
dc.rightsAttribution 2.5 Canadaen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ca/
dc.subjectwetland drainage
dc.titleAn integrated assessment of impacts to ecosystem services associated with prairie pothole wetland drainage quantifying wide-ranging losses
dc.typeArticle

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