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Merritt Turetsky

Merritt Turetsky
Telephone (primary): 519-824-4120 ext 56166
Telephone (secondary):
Fax:
E-mail1 (primary): mrt@uoguelph.ca
E-mail2 (secondary):
Web URL: http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/turetsky.shtml

Address:
Department of Integrative Biology University of Guelph
Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
Canada
Official position at
address above:		 Bonanza Creek LTER Personnel
Educational Institutions
attended:		 PhD, University of Alberta (Canada)
Roles/Affiliations: Alaska Peatland Experiment
Guelph University - Department of Integrative Biology
Institute of Arctic Biology

Study Areas

Core Areas: Disturbance
Organic Matter/Decomposition
Primary Production
Categories:
Biogeochemistry
Climate
Decomposition
Disturbance
Primary Production
Vegetation
Keywords: carbon cycling
climate
disturbance
ecosystem controls
soil climate manipulation
wetland ecology

Datasets

  • APEX fen control plot soil temperatures, 2005-Present
  • APEX fen Lowered plot soil temperatures, 2005-Present
  • APEX fen meteorological measurements
  • APEX fen Raised plot soil temperatures, 2005-Present
  • Bonanza Creek moisture gradient physical data at BZBS: hourly temperature, moisture and photosynthetically active radiation.
  • Bonanza Creek moisture gradient physical data at BZDE: hourly temperature, moisture and photosynthetically active radiation.
  • Bonanza Creek moisture gradient physical data at BZEC: hourly temperature, moisture and photosynthetically active radiation.
  • Bonanza Creek moisture gradient physical data at BZTG: hourly temperature, moisture and photosynthetically active radiation.
  • Bonanza Creek moisture gradient physical data at BZWB: hourly temperature, moisture and photosynthetically active radiation.
  • Bonanza Creek moisture gradient soil core data: 2004.
  • Bonanza Creek moisture gradient soil core data: 2005.
  • Methane fluxes from APEX fen, 2005-2006
  • Photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) data from APEX Fen, 2005 - 2006
  • Water table level data from APEX Fen plots, 2005-2006
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    Publications (9)

    Journal Articles:

    Harden, J.W., J.C. Neff, D.V. Sandberg, M.R. Turetsky, R. Ottmar, G. Gleixner, T.L Fries, K.L. Manies. 2004 Chemistry of burning the forest floor during the FROSTFIRE experimental burn, interior Alaska, 1999. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 18, no.3 (2004) p. GB3014 1-13.

    Harden, J.W., Manies, K.L., Neff, J.C., and Turetsky, M.R. 2006 Effects of wildfire and permafrost on soil organic matter and soil climate in interior Alaska. Global Change Biology 12: 1-13, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01255.x

    Kasischke, E.S., and M.R. Turetsky. 2006 Recent changes in the fire regime across the North American boreal region- spatial and temporal patterns of burning across Canada and Alaska, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L09703, doi:10.1029/2006GL025677.

    Turestsky, M.R., Harden, J.W., Friedli, H.R., Crock, J., Radke, L., and Payne, N. 2006 Wildfires threaten mercury stocks in northern soils. Geophysical Research Letters 33: L16403, doi: 10.1029/2005GL025595.

    Kane, E.S., Kasischke, E.S., Valentine, D.W., Turetsky, M.R. and McGuire, A.D. 2007 Topographic influences on wildfire consumption of soil organic carbon in interior Alaska: implications for black carbon accumulation. Journal of Geophysical Research- Biogeosciences. 112: G03017.

    Shetler, G., M.R. Turetsky, E. Kane, and E. Kasischke. 2008 Sphagnum mosses limit total carbon consumption during fire in Alaskan black spruce forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 2328-2336. doi:10.1139/X08-057

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

    O'Donnell, J.A., Turetsky, M.R., Harden, J.W., Manies, K.L., Pruett, L.E., Shetler, G., and Neff, J.C.. 2009 Interactive effects of fire, soil climate, and vegetation on CO2 fluxes in an upland black spruce forest and peatland in interior Alaska. Ecosystems 12(1): 52-72, doi: 10.1007/s10021-008-9206-4.


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    Book Chapters:

    Turetsky, M.R., Mack, M.C., Harden, J.W., and Manies, K.L.. 2005. Spatial patterning of soil carbon storage across boreal landscapes. In Ecosystem Function in Heterogeneous Landscapes. Edited by Lovett, G.M., Jones, C.G., Turner, M.G., and Weathers, K.C. Springer, New York. pp. 229-255.


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    The Bonanza Creek LTER, including this website, is supported by the National Science Foundation through awards DEB-0620579, DEB-0423442, DEB-0080609, DEB-9810217, DEB-9211769, DEB-8702629 and by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station through agreement number RJVA-PNW-01-JV-11261952-231. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the supporting agencies or the program as a whole.

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