Kelly Nugent
Education: M.Sc. Renewable Resources, McGill (2014); B.Sc. Environmental Science (Honours), Concordia University (2010)
Kelly is halfway through her doctoral degree investigating the net effect of restoration of post-extracted peatlands on their greenhouse gas (GHG) function. Successful ecosystem restoration would re-establish the biological feedbacks which would allow reinstatement of the GHG exchange drivers found in natural peatlands. We would expect then a return to ‘normal’- a net carbon dioxide sink and smaller methane source. However the application of a best practices restoration method, as defined for biodiversity, may result in a delay in ‘success’ over decades due to large methane gas release from created pools and remnant ditches. Kelly is focussing on the influence of biogeochemistry and plant-soil interactions on carbon dioxide and methane gas exchange at a restored site compared to an unrestored site and a natural peatland, in eastern Quebec.
Awards:
2015-2016 – FRQNT Doctorat; McGill Graduate Excellence Award; GREAT Travel Award
2014-2015 – McGill Graduate Excellence Awards
2013-2014 – contemplated life...
2012-2013 – McGill Graduate Excellence Award; GREAT Travel Award
2011-2012 – NSERC CGSM; McGill Graduate Excellence Award
2010-2011 – NSERC USRA
Publications:
Nugent, K.A., Strachan, I.B., Strack, M., Roulet, N.T. and Rochefort, L., 2018. Multi-year net ecosystem carbon balance of a restored peatland reveals a return to carbon sink. Global Change Biol. 24(12): 5751-5768. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14449
Strachan, I.B., Tremblay, A., Pelletier, L., Tardif, S., Turpin, C. and Nugent, K.A., 2016. Does the creation of a Boreal hydroelectric reservoir result in a net change in evaporation? Journal of Hydrology 540: 886-899.
Strachan, I.B., Nugent, K.A., Crombie, S. and Bonneville, M-C., 2015. Carbon dioxide and methane exchange at a cool-temperate freshwater marsh. Environmental Research Letters 10:065006.
Nugent, K.A. and Matthews, H.D., 2012. Drivers of future northern latitude runoff change. Atmosphere-Ocean 50: 197-206.
Other activities and interests:
Kelly tends to spend her off-time traveling, where she takes each and every opportunity to scuba dive. When in Montreal, you’ll find her playing soccer at Catalogna or on her couch reading Fantasy and Sci-Fi.
Contact Kelly
Awards:
2015-2016 – FRQNT Doctorat; McGill Graduate Excellence Award; GREAT Travel Award
2014-2015 – McGill Graduate Excellence Awards
2013-2014 – contemplated life...
2012-2013 – McGill Graduate Excellence Award; GREAT Travel Award
2011-2012 – NSERC CGSM; McGill Graduate Excellence Award
2010-2011 – NSERC USRA
Publications:
Nugent, K.A., Strachan, I.B., Strack, M., Roulet, N.T. and Rochefort, L., 2018. Multi-year net ecosystem carbon balance of a restored peatland reveals a return to carbon sink. Global Change Biol. 24(12): 5751-5768. doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14449
Strachan, I.B., Tremblay, A., Pelletier, L., Tardif, S., Turpin, C. and Nugent, K.A., 2016. Does the creation of a Boreal hydroelectric reservoir result in a net change in evaporation? Journal of Hydrology 540: 886-899.
Strachan, I.B., Nugent, K.A., Crombie, S. and Bonneville, M-C., 2015. Carbon dioxide and methane exchange at a cool-temperate freshwater marsh. Environmental Research Letters 10:065006.
Nugent, K.A. and Matthews, H.D., 2012. Drivers of future northern latitude runoff change. Atmosphere-Ocean 50: 197-206.
Other activities and interests:
Kelly tends to spend her off-time traveling, where she takes each and every opportunity to scuba dive. When in Montreal, you’ll find her playing soccer at Catalogna or on her couch reading Fantasy and Sci-Fi.
Contact Kelly
