James Michael Waddington: Publications

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Selected Publications

Another complete list of Dr. Waddington’s publications can be found on his research page

Duval TP, Waddington JM. 2011. Extreme variability of water table dynamics in temperate calcareous fens: Implications for biodiversity.  Hydrological Processes (accepted March, 2011).

Duval TP, Waddington JM, Branfireun BA, 2011. Hydrological and biogeochemical controls on plant species distribution in calcareous fens. Ecohydrology 4: in press.

Morris PJ, Waddington JM, Benscoter BW, Turetsky MR. 2011. Conceptual frameworks in peatland ecohydrology: Looking beyond the two-layered (acrotelm-catotelm) model. Ecohydrology 4: 1-11, doi:10.1002/eco.191.

Morris PJ, Waddington JM. 2011. Groundwater residence-time distributions in peatlands: Implications for peat decomposition and accumulation. Water Resources Research 47: W02511, doi:10.1029/2010WR009492.

Benscoter BW, Thompson DK, Waddington JM, Flannigan MD, Wotton M, DeGroot W, Turetsky MR. 2011. Interactive effects of vegetation, soil moisture, and bulk density on the burning of thick organic soils. International Journal of Wildfire 20: 1–12.

Waddington JM, Lucchese MC, Duval TP. 2011. Sphagnum moss moisture retention following the revegetation of degraded peatlands. Ecohydrology 4: doi: 10.1002/eco.130. in press.

Kane ES, Turetsky MR, Harden JW, McGuire AD, Waddington JM, 2010.  Seasonal ice and drainage controls on dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen concentrations in a boreal rich fen: a field water table manipulation experiment in interior Alaska. Journal of Geophysical Research 115: G04012, doi:10.1029/2010JG001366.

Waddington JM, Kellner E, Strack M, Price JS. 2010. Differential peat deformation, compressibility and water storage between peatland microforms: Implications for peatland development. Water Resources Research 46: W07538, doi:10.1029/2009WR008802.

Duval,T.P., Waddington, J.M. and Branfireun, B.A. 2010. Towards calcareous wetland creation in flooded aggregate quarries: A 3-year mesocosm study. Ecological Engineering, 36: 586–595, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.12.006.

Waddington, J.M., Strack, M., and Greenwood, M.J. 2010.  Towards restoring the net carbon sink function of degraded peatlands: Short-term response in CO2 exchange to ecosystem-scale restoration. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115: G01008, doi:10.1029/2009JG001090.

Lucchese, M.C., Waddington, J.M., Poulin, M., Pouliot, R., Rochefort, L., and Strack, M. 2010. Organic matter accumulation in a restored peatland: Evaluating restoration success. Ecological Engineering, 36: 482-488, doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.11.017.

Chivers, M.R., Turetsky, M.R. Waddington, J.M. Harden, J.W., and McGuire, A.D. 2009. Climatic and vegetation controls on peatland CO2 fluxes in Alaska: Early response to ecosystem-scale manipulations of water table and soil temperature. Ecosystems, 12: 1329-1342, doi: 10.1007/s10021-009-9292-y.

Strack M., Waddington J.M., Lucchese, M.C., and Cagampan, J.P. 2009. Moisture controls on CO2 exchange in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland: Results from an extreme drought field experiment. Ecohydrology, (in press).

Waddington, J.M., Harrison, K., Kellner, E. and Baird, A.J. 2009. Effect of atmospheric pressure and temperature on entrapped gas content in peat. Hydrological Processes, (in press).

Kasischke, E.S., Bourgeau-Chavez, L.L., Rober, A.R., Wyatt, K.H., Waddington, J.M. and Turetsky, M.R. 2009. Effects of soil moisture and water depth on ERS SAR backscatter measurements from an Alaskan wetland complex. Remote Sensing and Environment (in press).

Coulthard, T., Baird, A.J., Ramirez, J., and Waddington, J.M. 2009. Methane dynamics in peat: the importance of shallow peats and a novel reduced-complexity approach for modeling ebullition. AGU Monographs, (in press).

Waddington, J.M., Plach, J. Cagampan, J., Lucchese, M., and Strack, M.  2009. Reducing the carbon footprint of Canadian peat extraction and restoration. Ambio, (in press).

Waddington, J.M., Ketcheson, S., Kellner, E., Strack, M. and Baird, A. 2008. Evidence that piezometers vent gas from peat soils and implications for pore-water pressure and hydraulic conductivity measurements. Hydrological Processes doi: 10.1002/hyp.7244.

Waddington, J.M., Quinton, W.L., Price, J.S. and Lafleur, P. 2008. Advances in Canadian Peatland Hydrology, 2003-2007. Canadian Water Resources Journal (in press).

Thompson, D.K. and Waddington, J.M. 2008. Sphagnum under pressure: towards an ecohydrological approach to examining Sphagnum productivity. Ecohydrology, 1: 299 – 308, doi: 10.1002/eco.31.

Turetsky, M.R., Treat, C.C., Waldrop, M., Waddington, J.M., Harden, J.W., and McGuire, A.D., 2008. Soil climate controls on methane fluxes and methanogen activity in an Alaskan peatland: short-term responses to in situ water table and soil warming manipulations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113: G00A10,doi, 10.1029/2007JG000496

Strack, M., O’Brien, J. and Waddington, J.M. 2008. Assessing the role of ecological succession for peatland methane dynamics: Potential climate change feedback. In Proceedings of the 13th International Peat Congress, volume 1, Farrell C, Feehan J, (eds), International Peat Society, Jyväskylä, Finland, pp. 637-640.

Strack, M. and Waddington, J.M., 2008. Spatio-temporal variability in peatland subsurface methane dynamics. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113: G02010, doi: 10.1029/2007JG000472.

Strack, M., Waddington, J.M., Bourbonniere, R.A., Kenny, E.L., Shaw, K., Whittington, P., and Price, J.S., 2007. Effect of water table drawdown on peatland dissolved organic carbon export and dynamics. Hydrological Processes, 2: 3373-3385, doi: 10.1002/hyp.6931.

Cagampan, J.P. and Waddington, J.M., 2007. Net ecosystem exchange of a cutover peatland rehabilitated with a transplanted acrotelm. Écoscience, 15: 258-267.

Waddington, J.M. and S.M. Day, 2007. Methane emissions from a cutover peatland following restoration. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112: G03018, doi:10.1029/2007JG000400.

Cagampan, J.P. and Waddington, J.M., 2007. Moisture dynamics and hydrophysical properties of a transplanted acrotelm on a cutover peatland. Hydrological Processes, in press.

Waddington, J.M., Toth, K., and Bourbonniere, R.A., 2007. Dissolved organic carbon export from a cutover and restored peatland. Hydrological Processes, 112: G03018, doi:10.1029/2007JG000400.

Strack, M. and Waddington, J. M., 2007. Response of peatland carbon dioxide and methane fluxes to a water table drawdown experiment. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 21, GB1007, doi:10.1029/2006GB002715.

Kellner, E., Baird, A.J., Oosterwoud, M., Harrison, K., and Waddington, J.M., 2006. The effect of temperature and atmospheric pressure on methane (CH4) ebullition from near-surface peats. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L18405, doi:10.1029/2006GL027509.

[Strack, M., Kellner, E., and Waddington, J. M., 2006. Effect of entrapped gas on peatland surface level fluctuations. Hydrological Processes, 20, 3611-3622.

Kellner, E., Baird, A.J., Oosterwoud, M., Harrison, K., and Waddington, J.M., 2006. The effect of temperature and atmspheric pressure on methane (CH4) ebullition from near-surface peats. Geophysical Research Letters, in press.

Strack, M., Kellner, E., and Waddington, J. M., 2006. Effect of entrapped gas on peatland surface level fluctuations. Hydrological Processes, 20: 3611-3622.

Strack, M., Waddington, J. M., Rochefort, L., and Tuittila, E.-S. 2006. Response of vegetation and net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange at different peatland microforms following water table drawdown, J. Geophys. Res., 111, G02006, doi:10.1029/2005JG000145.

Kellner, E., Waddington, J.M., and Price, J.S. 2005. Dynamics of biogenic gas bubbles in peat: Potential effects on water storage and peat deformation. Water Resour. Res., 41, W08417 doi.org/10.1029/2004WR003732.

Strack, M., Kellner, E. and Waddington, J.M., 2005. Dynamics of biogenic gas bubbles in peat and their effects on peatland biogeochemistry. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 19: GB1003, doi:10.1029/2004GB002330.

Baird, A.J., Beckwith, C.V., Waldron, S. and Waddington, J.M., 2004. Ebullition of methane-containing gas bubbles from near-surface Sphagnum peat. Geophysical Research Letters 31: L21505, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021157.

Kellner, E., Price, J.S., and Waddington, J.M., 2004. Pressure variations in peat as a result of gas bubble dynamics. Hydrological Processes, 18: 2599 – 2605.

McNeil, P., and Waddington, J.M., 2003. Eco-hydrological controls on Sphagnum growth and CO2 exchange on a cutover bog surface. Journal of Applied Ecology, 40: 354-367.

Waddington, J.M., Warner, K.D., and Kennedy, G., 2002. Cutover peatlands: A persistent source of atmospheric CO2. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, DOI: 10.1029/2001GB001398.

Waddington, J.M. and Warner, K.D., 2001. Restoring the carbon sink function of cut-over peatlands. Écoscience, 8(3): 359-368.

Waddington, J.M. and Roulet, N.T., 2000. Carbon balance of a boreal patterned peatland. Global Change Biology 6: 87-98.

Waddington, J.M. and Roulet, N.T., 1997. Groundwater flow and dissolved carbon movement in a boreal peatland. Journal of Hydrology 191: 122-138.

Devito, K.J., Waddington, J.M. and Branfireun, B.A., 1997. Flow reversals in peatlands influenced by local groundwater systems. Hydrological Processes 11: 103-110.

Waddington, J.M., Roulet, N.T. and Hill, A.R., 1993. Runoff mechanism in a forested groundwater discharge swamp. Journal of Hydrology 147: 37-60.

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