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Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG)
@gret-perg.bsky.social
🇫🇷 Groupe de recherche en écologie des tourbières

Develop knowledge about #peatlands and #wetlands, and their ecological #restoration to guide society's choices regarding their responsible management through education

https://www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca
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✨ New open-access publication! ✨

This study sets a benchmark for defining reference ecosystems in Sphagnum-dominated #peatlands of Eastern Canada, analyzing 168 peatlands to describe #bryophyte habitats.

🔗 Read the article: shorturl.at/8VND2
📂 Access the dataset: shorturl.at/H4vG8
Join us for the Peatland Science Symposium!

📍 Université Laval, Québec City
🗓 Feb 18, 2026

Students, researchers & partners will share cutting-edge peatland research. Don’t miss this chance to connect!
✅ Register now: my.weezevent.com/peatland-sci...

#Peatlands #ScienceSymposium #Research
Peatland Science Symposium 2026
The 2026 Peatland Science Symposium will be jointly hosted by the Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) and Can-Peat. The Symposium will consist of presentations and posters from these teams on the l...
my.weezevent.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Congrats Gwendal Breton, Mélina Guêné-Nanchen @melinaguene.bsky.social and Line Rochefort for this nomination!
The McMaster Ecohydrology Lab presents the 2025 #NobelPeatPrize nominees! We encourage the #peatland community to give each of these wonderful papers a read.

The winner will be announced on December 11th. #PeatPaper
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
✨ New open-access publication! ✨

This study sets a benchmark for defining reference ecosystems in Sphagnum-dominated #peatlands of Eastern Canada, analyzing 168 peatlands to describe #bryophyte habitats.

🔗 Read the article: shorturl.at/8VND2
📂 Access the dataset: shorturl.at/H4vG8
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
📣 Save the Date!

You’re warmly invited by Line Rochefort, Maria Strack, and their teams to an upcoming event you won’t want to miss.

🗓️ Details coming soon on the www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca — stay tuned!

@wetland-ghg.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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New on Peatpedia - an attempt to demystify #peatland carbon stores, sinks, and other gassy issues!

open.substack.com/pub/peatpedi...
Peatland carbon – the facts
Demystifying peatland carbon stores, carbon sinks, and other gassy issues
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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🚨New Paper 🚨
The PeatPic Project: Predicting plot-scale green leaf #phenology across #peatlands

So happy to see this paper online — one of my favourite projects!

We explored how to capture how peatlands change colour using smartphones and community science!

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
October 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🌍 PERG is shining at #SER2025 in Denver!
Line Rochefort delivered two inspiring talks on peatland #restoration — from private sector roles to the magic of moss & biocrusts🌱
Plus, Tomotsugu Yazaki shared innovative research on straw mulch alternatives 👏

#ecologicalrestoration #peatlands #science
October 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🌿 New PERG publication in #RestorationEcology

We tracked 147 restored #peatland sectors over 20 years to assess the Moss Layer Transfer Technique #MLTT.

➡️ Up to 80% success in under 10 years in the St. Lawrence Lowlands region

🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#PeatSky #PeatECR
October 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🎓 Tons of grad school options… but this one stands out!

Why do your master’s with me?

🌱 Help restore disturbed #peatlands
🌿 Join PERG, global leader in peatland science
🤝 Vibrant team (20+), weekly meetups, great vibes

➡️ shorturl.at/BgIPE

#PeatSky #PeatECR
August 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🛠️ Cool tool alert!

Past PhD student Sebastián Gutierrez Pacheco built a method to estimate daily water table levels from sparse data — using PERG data 🌿

💸 Super handy when you can’t afford fancy loggers in every well!

github.com/segupa03/gro...

#hydrology #peatlands #opensource #python
GitHub - segupa03/groundwater-daily-estimation-tsd: A Python package for estimating daily groundwater levels using TSD methodology
A Python package for estimating daily groundwater levels using TSD methodology - segupa03/groundwater-daily-estimation-tsd
github.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Sphagnum mosses are fascinating from physiology, ecology, and climate perspectives. I'm especially proud of this @newphyt.bsky.social paper meant to inspire new research on ecoevolution and biodiversity. Check out the incredible cover art by Blanka Aguero! nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🔥 Big weekend for #peatland news!

Great coverage of the Carbonique project led by Michelle Garneau at UQAM.

🌿 So glad peatlands are finally getting the recognition they deserve — not just as smelly, mosquito-filled swamps! 😄

💚 These ecosystems are key to carbon storage and climate action.
July 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🔥 Canada is burning — and so are its peatlands!
Yet carbon emissions from peat fires aren’t counted in current government stats. 😶‍🌫️

🌍 #Peatlands matter for climate action.
📖 Read this great piece on why they’re key to conservation and restoration
July 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Check out our new paper "Ecohydrological drivers of Boreal Shield peatland fire refugia" in Ecohydrology.

Authors: Alex Tekatch, Chantel Markle, Sophie Wilkinson, Paul Moore, @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social, @peatofmind.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
July 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🌍 Big news in peatland science!

5 current & former PERG researchers are in the global top 10 for peatland restoration! 🌿

🏆 Shoutout to Line Rochefort #1 worldwide!
💥 @ulaval.ca also ranks #1 globally!

📖 Read: shorturl.at/uJl6A

#Peatlands #PeatSky
@wetland-ghg.bsky.social @peatofmind.bsky.social
A global development and dynamics of peatland restoration: a bibliometric analysis
Peatland ecosystems play a critical role in conservation of biodiversity and climate regulation, but face ongoing degradation from land-use change, mi…
www.sciencedirect.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🎙️ A must-listen! 🌿🔥

@peatofmind.bsky.social was recently interviewed on CBC’s Québec AM to discuss the importance of peatland restoration as a nature-based solution to reduce the impact of wildfires.

shorturl.at/nEbt5

#PeatlandMatter #PeatSky #Wildfires #ClimateChange #EcologicalRestoration
www.cbc.ca
June 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🎉 Today we celebrate 25 yrs since the restoration of the Bois-des-Bel peatland — the first large-scale peatland restoration project in North America.

🌱 A milestone that shaped the future of peatland science.

#Peatlands #Restoration #PeatlandsMatter
June 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
🌍 Today is World Peatlands Day!
For over 30 years, peatlands have been at the heart of our research — from understanding their ecology to restoring them.

Let’s raise awareness and fall in love with peatlands — because we protect what we love. 💚

📷 Iris Duvivier

#PeatlandsMatter #WorldPeatlandsDay
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Happy #WorldPeatlandsDay!

This week @gret-perg.bsky.social celebrates the 25th anniversary of the Bois-des-Bel #peatland #restoration project!

Throwback to 2000 and our first eddy covariance measurements on a restored peatland.

#BDB25
June 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We've long supported active #restoration of #peatlands post-extraction, using enhanced #rewetting and #moss transfer

The Can-Peat project, synthesizing historical and recent data on C exchanges from restored areas in Canada, backs this approach!

📖 tinyurl.com/4cwvbs88

@wetland-ghg.bsky.social
When do restored and reclaimed peatlands regain their typical carbon sink function? | Can-Peat | University of Waterloo
News article by Melanie Bird
tinyurl.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Félicitations à Aamir Shehzad Khan, étudiant au doctorat sous la direction de Line Rochefort @gret-perg.bsky.social qui a récemment reçu la bourse Scotts Miracle-Gro Company (Canada) lors du Cocktail de reconnaissance des bourses 2024-2025 de la FSAA @ulaval.ca
#ulcriv
April 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📢 Reminder: Time to Register! 📢

🎉 #BDB25: 25 Years of Research at Bois-des-Bel #Peatland 🎉

📅 June 3, 2025 📍 Auberge de la Pointe, Rivière-du-Loup & Bois-des-Bel Peatland, QC (Register by April 29 for a discount!)

🔗 tinyurl.com/yam87n3c

#PeatlandsMatter #research #scicomm
BDB25 : 25 ans de recherche en partenariat à la station expérimentale de la tourbière de Bois-des-Bel
Le 3 juin 2025, à Rivière-du-Loup (QC)
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April 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Roxane Andersen, a peatland scientist and Trustee of the Flow Country Partnership, is taking on her longest run yet to raise awareness and funds for the world's first UNESCO World Heritage Site #peatland 🌍

Support her: tinyurl.com/y488rbj7

#PeatlandsMatter #FlowCountry
April 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🌿 New Report Alert! 🌿

D. Campbell and L. Rochefort have published an annotated bibliography covering major stressors and mitigation strategies for #peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowland and Boreal Shield.

📄 Report rb.gy/qd5au7
📚 Bibliography (Zotero) rb.gy/3lq0fj
🔍 How to use rb.gy/e7492w

#PeatSky
April 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
We are looking for a MSc or PhD candidate for a project aiming at developping of innovative #revegetation methods for mineral substrates in the Low Arctic tundra

More info: www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca/en/join-our-...

#Nunavik #restoration #biocrust #Rough&Loose
March 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM