• Burns Bog

    is a raised domed peat bog in Metro Vancouver that is undergoing rewetting as a restoration management after peat harvesting. On this floating flux tower we quantify greenhouse gas exchange and evapotranspiration to inform future management.

Burns Bog - Data and Documentation

Flux Tower and Logger Data Archive

  • Photos of flux tower installation, instrumentation and sourrounding on Flickr.
  • Data Preview of flux tower and GHG logger systems.
  • Wind roses at the flux tower by month (2014 - 2016).
  • Database Codes of automatically recorded data.

Longer-Term Climate Data

Soil Efflux Data Archive

Disturbed Surface (Plot "DS")
  • Photos of measurement plot and collars.
  • Graphs of all CO2 efflux measurements.
  • Graphs of all CH4 efflux measurements.
  • Graphs of all N2O efflux measurements.
Beakrush / Three-way Sedge (Plot "BTS")
  • Photos of measurement plot and collars.
  • Graphs of all CO2 efflux measurements.
  • Graphs of all CH4 efflux measurements.
  • Graphs of all N2O efflux measurements.
Beakrush / Sphagnum (Plot "BS")
  • Photos of measurement plot and collars.
  • Graphs of all CO2 efflux measurements.
  • Graphs of all CH4 efflux measurements.
  • Graphs of all N2O efflux measurements.
Pine / Sphagnum / Low Shrub (Plot "PSLS")
  • Photos of measurement plot and collars.
  • Graphs of all CO2 efflux measurements.
  • Graphs of all CH4 efflux measurements.
  • Graphs of all N2O efflux measurements.

Publications

  • Christen A., Jassal R., Black A.T., Grant N., Hawthorne I., Johnson M., Ketler R., Lee S-C., Merkens M., Moore R.D., Nesic Z., Schmid K., Stevenson A., Wang Y. (2014): 'Quantifying summertime greenhouse gases fluxes from soils in various stages of restoration in the Burns Bog Ecological Conservancy Area'. Scientific report prepared for the Planning, Policy and Environment Department of Metro Vancouver. Dec 2014, 64pp. → Full-Text
  • Christen A., Jassal R., Black T.A., Grant N.J., Hawthorne I., Johnson M.S., Lee S.-C., Merkens M. (2016): 'Summertime greenhouse gas fluxes from an urban bog undergoing restoration through rewetting' Mires and Peat, 17, Article 3, 1–24. → Article
  • Lee S.C., Christen A., Black A. T., Johnson M. S., Jassal R. S., Ketler R., Nesic Z., and Merkens M. (2017): 'Annual greenhouse gas budget for a bog ecosystem undergoing restoration by rewetting', Biogeosciences, 14, 1–15 → Article

Acknowledgements

The operation of this research site is supported by:

  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Grant No: 85335127)
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation (Grant No: 22390 and 33600)
  • Metro Vancouver (Contract: F15-03191)