Evaluating the success of fen creation in the post oil sands landscape

在麦克穆尔塔佩特堡附近的油砂开发区，景观占比高达65%。超过250平方公里的油砂开采扰乱了这些泥炭地的大片土地，需要开垦才能形成一个正常运作的自然生态系统。从本质上讲，沼泽泥炭地必须从新租赁区的沼泽泥炭bOlTowed中创建，以及一个旨在供应必要的水和溶解的矿物质的分水岭，从而形成一个自我维持的生态系统，该生态系统正在积累碳，能够支持具有代表性的物种组合，并对非正常的周期性压力具有弹性。这是以前从未尝试过的。除了帮助森科尔能源履行其在开采后的景观中开垦沼泽的法律义务外，这项研究对于了解设计影响，从而开发更优化的设计和具有成本效益的协议至关重要。Fen建设的根本问题是设计一个地下水系统，该系统能够支持维持水文、生物地球化学和生态过程所需的来水和

In the oil sands development areas near Fort McMulTaypeatlands comprise up to 65% of the landscape. Oil sands mining of over 250 km2 disturbs large tracts of these peatlands, which require reclamation to a functioning natural ecosystem. Essentially, a fen peatland must be created from fen peat bOlTowed from new lease areas, along with a watershed designed to supply the requisite water and dissolved minerals that result in a self-sustaining ecosystem that is carbon-accumulating, capable of supporting a representative assemblage of species and resilient to nonnal periodic stresses. This has never before been attempted. In addition to assisting Suncor Energy comply with its legal obligation to reclaim fens in the post-mined landscape, this research is essential to understanding design implications and thus to the development ofmore optimal designs and cost-effective protocols. The fundamental problem for fen construction is to design a groundwater system that can support the inflows required to sustain the hydrological, biogeochemical and ecological processes and