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Home > Impact > Funded Projects > In Situ Influence on Wetland Ecosystem Processes
The project aims to understand how the presence of resource-access roads and well pads associated with in situ oil sands development affects the way that water moves through the environment and what any changes in water movement mean for wetland function.
The project will determine if changes are occurring in wetlands as a result of access road and well pad development, how long it takes for effects to emerge and understand risks posed to ecological function and habitats. A combination of remote sensing techniques and ground-based hydrological and carbon measurements (including eddy covariance) will be applied to evaluate surface changes in water movement relative to the road and regional flow direction.