Wetland Drainage Effects on Prairie Water Quality : Final Report
| dc.contributor.author | Westbrook, Cherie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brunet, Nathalie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Philllips, Iain | |
| dc.contributor.author | Davies, John-Mark | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-10-25T19:53:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-10-26T20:42:28Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This report describes factors influencing the spatial variation in wetland water quality and how drainage of wetlands affects downstream receiving waters in terms of their water quality and biotic health. The specific objectives of this work were to: 1) characterize the spatial and temporal variation in water quality of prairie potholes after snowmelt; 2) quantify solute export along a newly constructed wetland drainage ditch; 3) characterize solute export from drained pothole wetlands; 4) determine the extent to which stream water quality is influenced by wetland drainage; 5) contribute to the understanding of how wetland drainage affects ecosystem health. The research was conducted at the Smith Creek watershed, southeastern Saskatchewan, where there has been controversy over recent renewed efforts to drain wetlands to increase agricultural production. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Agriculture Development Fund | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10388/15182 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Centre for Hydrology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Centre for Hydrology Report #9 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ | * |
| dc.subject | Wetland drainage | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water quality | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ecosystems | en_US |
| dc.subject | Prairie pothole region | en_US |
| dc.subject | Snowmelt | en_US |
| dc.subject | Solute export | en_US |
| dc.subject | Smith Creek, Saskatchewan | en_US |
| dc.title | Wetland Drainage Effects on Prairie Water Quality : Final Report | en_US |
| dc.type | Technical Report | en_US |
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