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Maria Strack
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Research
Latest papers
Tipping Points in Bacterial Richness Amplify Extracellular Enzyme Activities in Northern Peatlands.
Global change biology · 2026
Increased methane emissions from boreal peatlands following linear disturbances.
Communications earth & environment · 2026 · senior author
Environmental Conditions Modulate Warming Effects on Plant Litter Decomposition Globally.
Ecology letters · 2025
Latest funding
- $662,587
Nature-based solutions: Restoration of peatlands for biodiversity recovery and climate change mitigation
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $300,000
Understanding the form and function of boreal swamps to assess early restoration outcomes of in-situ oil and gas footprints in Alberta
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $100,000
Wetland Climate Solutions
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
13 publications.
Tipping Points in Bacterial Richness Amplify Extracellular Enzyme Activities in Northern Peatlands.
Jassey VEJ, Lafont Rapnouil T, Le Geay M, Walcker R, Gandois L, Barret M, Fanin N, Robroek BJM, Lauga B, Andrews LO, Greuza AB, Bakker MR, Bertrand G, Birkwald T, Borges PAV, Branfireun B, Brearley FQ, Brousseau C, Bu ZJ, Carrias JF, Coffinet S, Corbarra B, Dias EMF, Dorrepaal E, Francez AJ, Fu Y, Gabriel M, Gabriel R, Gerin S, Gilbert D, Gogo S, Granath G, Gray E, Heffernan L, Heger TJ, Juutinen S, Kardol P, Karofeld E, Klimkowska A, Küttim M, Küttim L, Kuuri-Riutta O, Lacourse T, Lamentowicz M, Le Roux G, Lindo Z, Mackenzie R, Marcisz K, Mazei YA, Mazei NG, Mendes CMF, Mitchell EAD, Mora-Gomez J, Müller R, Pouliot K, Purre AH, Quaiser A, Río BR, Rober AR, Rochefort L, Rodríguez AC, Sannel ABK, Seemann F, Servière L, Strack M, Swindles GT, Talbot J, Tsyganov AN, Tuittila ES, Tveit AT, Väliranta MM, Wyatt KH, Ylänne H, Yu Z, Zarov EA, Hamard S
Increased methane emissions from boreal peatlands following linear disturbances.
Korsah P, Davidson SJ, Strack M
Environmental Conditions Modulate Warming Effects on Plant Litter Decomposition Globally.
Schwieger S, Dorrepaal E, Petit Bon M, Vandvik V, le Roux E, Strack M, Yang Y, Venn S, van den Hoogen J, Valiño F, Thomas HJD, Te Beest M, Suzuki S, Petraglia A, Myers-Smith IH, Munir TM, Michelsen A, Løkken JO, Li Q, Koike T, Klanderud K, Karr EH, Jónsdóttir IS, Hollister RD, Hofgaard A, Hassan IA, Genxu W, Filippova N, Crowther TW, Clark K, Christiansen CT, Casanova-Katny A, Carbognani M, Bokhorst S, Björnsdóttir K, Asplund J, Althuizen I, Alonso R, Alatalo J, Agathokleous E, Aerts R, Sarneel JM
Rewetting increases vegetation cover and net growing season carbon uptake under fen conditions after peat-extraction in Manitoba, Canada.
Turmel-Courchesne L, Davies MA, Guêné-Nanchen M, Strack M, Rochefort L
High sulfate concentrations maintain low methane emissions at a constructed fen over the first seven years of ecosystem development.
Davidson SJ, Smith M, Prystupa E, Murray K, Nwaishi FC, Petrone RM, Strack M
Natural climate solutions for Canada.
Drever CR, Cook-Patton SC, Akhter F, Badiou PH, Chmura GL, Davidson SJ, Desjardins RL, Dyk A, Fargione JE, Fellows M, Filewod B, Hessing-Lewis M, Jayasundara S, Keeton WS, Kroeger T, Lark TJ, Le E, Leavitt SM, LeClerc ME, Lemprière TC, Metsaranta J, McConkey B, Neilson E, St-Laurent GP, Puric-Mladenovic D, Rodrigue S, Soolanayakanahally RY, Spawn SA, Strack M, Smyth C, Thevathasan N, Voicu M, Williams CA, Woodbury PB, Worth DE, Xu Z, Yeo S, Kurz WA
Dynamics of microbial populations and diversity in NAPL contaminated peat soil under varying water table conditions.
Gupta PK, Gharedaghloo B, Lynch M, Cheng J, Strack M, Charles TC, Price JS
Petroleum exploration increases methane emissions from northern peatlands.
Strack M, Hayne S, Lovitt J, McDermid GJ, Rahman MM, Saraswati S, Xu B
Access roads impact enzyme activities in boreal forested peatlands.
Saraswati S, Parsons CT, Strack M
Multi-year net ecosystem carbon balance of a restored peatland reveals a return to carbon sink.
Nugent KA, Strachan IB, Strack M, Roulet NT, Rochefort L
Nature-based solutions: Restoration of peatlands for biodiversity recovery and climate change mitigation
Principal investigators: Rochefort, Line L
Keywords: bog; carbon sequestration; ecological restoration; ecosystem functions; fen; long-term monitoring; modelling; peatland management; restoration success indicators; restored ecosystem connectivity
Understanding the form and function of boreal swamps to assess early restoration outcomes of in-situ oil and gas footprints in Alberta
Principal investigators: Xu, Bin
Keywords: Peatland; Wetland Ecology; Ecological Restoration; Hydrology; Environmental Policy; Climate change; Boreal Swamp; Carbon sequestration
Wetland Climate Solutions
Principal investigators: Strack, Maria
Keywords: soil greenhouse gas exchange; wetland restoration; methane; peatland; soil carbon stocks
Development of hyperspectral imaging platforms for quantifying methane emissions from managed wetlands, landfills, and the upstream oil and gas industry
Principal investigators: Daun, Kyle KJ
Keywords: anthropogenic methane emission; bottom-up inventory; climate change; hyperspectral imaging; landfills; managed wetlands; oil and gas; remote sensing; spectroscopy; uncertainty quantification
Fen restoration and ecotone creation in South East Manitoba
Principal investigators: Whittington, Peter PNW
Keywords: ecotone; fens; greenhouse gases; hydrology; peatlands; restoration
Quantifying the effect of in situ oil sands development on wetland function: Managing to mitigate impact and optimize reclamation outcomes
Principal investigators: Ketcheson, Scott SJ
Keywords: carbon; disturbance mitigation; ecosystem response; geospatial analyses; hydrology; oil sands infrastructure; surface water; vegetation; wetlands
Peatland methane emissions: Improving process-based understanding to foster better management practices
Principal investigators: Strack, Maria
Keywords: wetland carbon cycling; soil methane flux; ecological restoration; water table fluctuations; ecosystem response to climate change; wildfire impacts to soil; microbial ecology; sulphate reduction
Mitigation of peat extraction impacts by a new peat harvesting method protecting the peatland stored solid carbon
Principal investigators: Rochefort, Line L
Keywords: acrotelm; decomposition; diversity; enzymic latch; greenhouse gases; harvesting; peatland; sphagnum; sustainable management; vegetation
Ecosystems and Climate
Principal investigators: Strack, Maria
Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA) Project, Phase 2
Principal investigators: McDermid, Gregory GJ
Keywords: carbon cycling; environmental monitoring; forest recovery; forest restoration; greenhouse gas; human disturbance; peatlands; remote sensing; silviculture; wildlife response
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Line Rochefort and Maria Strack: 3 shared papers
- Terri Lacourse and Line Rochefort: 1 shared paper
- Terri Lacourse and Maria Strack: 1 shared paper
- Geography and Environmental Management
- Département de phytologie
- Biology
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