Associate Researcher, Ph.D.
Soil displacement and net production of sediments from fields with different soil textures in the Ruisseau Ewing watershed and Rivière aux Brochets subwatershed can be quantified by measuring the spatial redistribution of 137Cs and 210Pb. The 13C signature of suspended solids (SS) can be compared with that of potential SS sources (cultivated fields, meadows, woods, river banks) to quantify the relative contribution of these sources to SS loads. This study is one of a series of projects conducted by IRDA and its partners in the Missisquoi Bay watershed in recent years.
From 2017 to 2021
Project duration
Soil health, Water protection
Services
This approach will help to reduce the diffuse pollution caused by farming activities.
Atomic Energy Agency
Scientific article • Claude Bernard
Mabit, L., Bernard, C., Lee Zhi Yi, A., Fulajtar, E., Dercon, G., Zaman, M., Toloza, A., Heng, L. 2018. Promoting the use of isotopic techniques to combat soil erosion: an overview of the key role played by the SWMCN Subprogramme of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division over the last 20 years. Land Degrad. Dev. 29(9) 3077-3091. DownloadScientific article • Claude Bernard
Mabit, L., C. Bernard, A. Lee Zhi Yi, E. Fulajtar, G. Dercon, M. Zaman, A. Toloza, L. Heng. 2018. Promoting the use of isotopic techniques to combat soil erosion: an overview of the key role played by the SWMCN Subprogramme of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division over the last 20 years. Land Degradation & Development. 29(August 2018) 1-15. DownloadThe general goal of the project is to develop biostimulants from oils produced by the rapid pyrolysis of crop and logging residues.
Researchers: Stéphane Godbout Richard Hogue
Reducing N2O emissions from organic and inorganic fertilizers using 4R practices and other nitrogen conservation approaches on Quebec farms – assessment and quantification protocols
Researcher: Simon Ricard
The purpose of the project was to assess the benefits of controlled farm drainage under current and future climatic conditions to meet the water needs of field crops and rural communities while reducing nitrogen and phosphorus flows into watercourses.
Researchers: Aubert Michaud, retraité Marc-Olivier Gasser