Mélina Guêné-Nanchen
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Mélina Guêné-Nanchen
@melinaguene.bsky.social
Assistant Professor & Junior Researcher for the Partnership Research Chair in Ecosystem Restoration (Université Laval)

Interested in #peatland #ecology #restoration #sphagnum #bryophytes #PeatECR #PeatSky
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I think (hope) this marks the end of my field season!
And what a beautiful way to wrap it up, at a #peatland restored in 2023, with a lush carpet of Sphagnum mosses 🌿

Also, yes, that’s a bread knife in my hand. If you’ve ever sampled peat or moss in the field, you know it’s an essential tool 😉🔪
October 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Back from 10 days in the #Nunavik #tundra 🌬️🌿
Studying dust deposition impacts on microbial #biocrusts with my MSc student Ariane Fortin, and testing Rough & Loose #restoration on a mined esker 💥🌱
September 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Biological soil crust sampling with a view in Nunavik

Do not judge my field cooler #corona 🍺

#biocrust #tundra
September 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
🎓 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
It is truly amazing what you can find in #peatlands restored with the Moss Layer Transfer Technique. Orchids at every step 🌸🌱
July 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Just spent the week in the field with my first PhD student and her assistant, guiding them through research in restored Alberta #peatlands. They're now fully trained, slightly muddy, and ready to take the reins! 🌿🧪🦟
June 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I have never seen so many #sundew (drosera) in a restored #peatland before. The whole ground was covered 😳 sad though that there was not a lot of #sphagnum
June 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Gear up!!
May 31, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Flux flux flux! Starting fieldwork with MSc and PhD student out in the #peatland of Pointe Lebel. Shoutout to @wetland-ghg.bsky.social for lending us the #LGR for catotelm fluxes
May 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you even done greenhouse experiment using #fen peat. We worked several times with brown mosses but it is the first time on fen peat and you can see we have a big problem with green algae... any ideas to limit their impact and proliferation?
#peatlandresearch #bryophyte #greenhouse
May 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Had to improvise there. My hat it is.
May 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Taught the first cohort of the NASER training program (NSERC CREATE) last week with Damase Khasa & Line Rochefort 🌱 Covered SER principles & peatland restoration — even brought students to a restored bog! #EcologicalRestoration #NatureBasedSolutions #Peatlands
May 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It is a start for the field out here in Quebec #peatland. With the late spring, colora were a bit faded except for the beautiful #Sphagnum
April 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Let's bring back #SphagnumMonday
What beauties!
April 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
March 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We had the privilege of welcoming Dr Tomotsugu Yazaki from Meiji University for the past year 🌟

He was here to learn about peatland restoration, but we learned so much from you about the instrumentation to measure micrometeorological conditions

Safe travels home, and I hope to visit you in Japan ✈️
March 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Je cherche deux étudiant·e·s à la maîtrise pour des projets sur les stratégies d’optimisation pour la #restauration et l’utilisation durable des #tourbières, en collaboration avec le Créneau Tourbe et Substrat et des entreprises horticoles de la tourbe

www.gret-perg.ulaval.ca/joignez-vous... 🌱
February 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Sunrise this morning at the Biogeosciences Barrier Lake field station.
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
There are worse conference location. I am really enjoying the second edition of the #Peatland science symposium held jointly by @can-peat.bsky.social and @gret-perg.bsky.social !
February 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
old pictures but still so relevant for #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience

let not forget the significant contribution all women made to #peatland research
February 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Last weekend, several of my students organized and participated in #WorldWetlandsDay. 🌿💦 They did an amazing job gathering collaborators from different fronts (Ducks Unlimited, City of Quebec, other #PeatECR), and in total, more than 150 people visited their booth! 🎉

Video: É. Bergeron de Pani
February 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Restored peatland of Seba beach in 2013. I know you know ;)
January 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
🎉 Co-directed PhD student Aamir Shehzad Khan has published his first PhD paper! 📚✨

This is the first Canadian ecosystem-scale #fen #peatland ecological #restoration project, 13 years post-restoration. 🌿

#PeatSky #PeatECR
January 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Wishing you a joyful and restful holiday ❄️ I'll be taking some time to enjoy the beauty of nature and find tranquility in the great outdoors (not in my office)!!
December 22, 2024 at 5:04 PM
My kind of church. In my hometown.
December 14, 2024 at 8:57 PM