Dr. Luc Pelletier
Education: Ph.D. Renewable Resources, McGill (2014); M.Sc. Geography, McGill (2005); B.Sc. Geography, Université du Québec à Montréal (2003)
Luc’s doctoral research focused on carbon exchange in peatlands with open-water pools located in the St. Lawrence River north-shore region of Quebec. He investigated how the presence of water bodies within the peatlands affects the carbon sink capacity of the sites using several techniques to evaluate trace gas exchange such as eddy covariance, chamber measurements and the thin boundary film layer model. His post-doctoral work evaluates the impact of post-extraction restoration on peatland ecosystem carbon exchange. Luc is also involved in a scientific evaluation of the net change in landscape evaporation following the creation of a hydroelectric reservoir.
Awards:
2010-2013 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship – Doctoral level
2010-2013 J.W. McConnell Foundation Fellowship
2004 C2GCR (now GEC3) Graduate Fellowship
2015 Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and Campbell Scientific Canada - Bert Tanner
Award for outstanding presentation at the American Geophysical Union\Canadian Geophysical Union
joint meeting, Montreal
2012 Poster Presentation award – 30th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology & First Conference
on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, Boston
Publications:
Strachan, I.B., Pelletier, L., Bonneville, M.-C., 2016. Interannual variability in water table depth controls net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange in a boreal peatland. Biogeochem. 127: 99-111.
Pelletier, L., Strachan, I.B., Roulet, N.T., Garneau, M., Wischnewski, K., 2015. Effect of open water pools on ecosystem scale surface-atmosphere carbon dioxide exchange in a boreal peatland. Biogeochem. 1–14. doi:10.1007/s10533-015-0098-z
Pelletier, L., Strachan, I.B., Roulet, N.T., Garneau, M., 2015. Can boreal peatlands with pools be net sinks for CO2? Environ. Res. Lett. 10, 035002. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/035002
Cliche Trudeau, N., Garneau, M., Pelletier, L., 2014. Interannual variability in the CO2 balance of a boreal patterned fen, James Bay, Canada. Biogeochem. 118, 371–387. doi:10.1007/s10533-013-9939-9
Pelletier, L., Strachan, I.B., Garneau, M., Roulet, N.T., 2014. Carbon release from boreal peatland open water pools: Implication for the contemporary C exchange. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. 119, 2013JG002423. doi:10.1002/2013JG002423
Cliche Trudeau, N., Garneau, M., Pelletier, L., 2013. Methane fluxes from a patterned fen of the northeastern part of the La Grande river watershed, James Bay, Canada. Biogeochem. 113, 409–422. doi:10.1007/s10533-012-9767-3
Teodoru, C.R., Bastien, J., Bonneville, M.-C., del Giorgio, P.A., Demarty, M., Garneau, M., Hélie, J.-F., Pelletier, L., Prairie, Y.T., Roulet, N.T., Strachan, I.B., Tremblay, A., 2012. The net carbon footprint of a newly created boreal hydroelectric reservoir. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 26, GB2016. doi:10.1029/2011GB004187
Pelletier, L., Garneau, M., Moore, T.R., 2011. Variation in CO2 exchange over three summers at microform scale in a boreal bog, Eastmain region, Québec, Canada. J. Geophys. Res. 116, G03019. doi:10.1029/2011JG001657
Ullah, S., Frasier, R., Pelletier, L., Moore, T.R., 2009. Greenhouse gas fluxes from boreal forest soils during the snow-free period in Quebec, Canada. Can. J. For. Res. 39, 666–680. doi:10.1139/X08-209
Pelletier, L., Moore, T.R., Roulet, N.T., Garneau, M., Beaulieu-Audy, V., 2007. Methane fluxes from three peatlands in the La Grande Rivière watershed, James Bay lowland, Canada. J. Geophys. Res. 112, G01018. doi:10.1029/2006JG000216
Other activities and interests:
Passionate about cycling (cyclo-cross, mountain biking, road cycling….)
Contact Luc
Awards:
2010-2013 NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship – Doctoral level
2010-2013 J.W. McConnell Foundation Fellowship
2004 C2GCR (now GEC3) Graduate Fellowship
2015 Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and Campbell Scientific Canada - Bert Tanner
Award for outstanding presentation at the American Geophysical Union\Canadian Geophysical Union
joint meeting, Montreal
2012 Poster Presentation award – 30th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology & First Conference
on Atmospheric Biogeosciences, Boston
Publications:
Strachan, I.B., Pelletier, L., Bonneville, M.-C., 2016. Interannual variability in water table depth controls net ecosystem carbon dioxide exchange in a boreal peatland. Biogeochem. 127: 99-111.
Pelletier, L., Strachan, I.B., Roulet, N.T., Garneau, M., Wischnewski, K., 2015. Effect of open water pools on ecosystem scale surface-atmosphere carbon dioxide exchange in a boreal peatland. Biogeochem. 1–14. doi:10.1007/s10533-015-0098-z
Pelletier, L., Strachan, I.B., Roulet, N.T., Garneau, M., 2015. Can boreal peatlands with pools be net sinks for CO2? Environ. Res. Lett. 10, 035002. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/3/035002
Cliche Trudeau, N., Garneau, M., Pelletier, L., 2014. Interannual variability in the CO2 balance of a boreal patterned fen, James Bay, Canada. Biogeochem. 118, 371–387. doi:10.1007/s10533-013-9939-9
Pelletier, L., Strachan, I.B., Garneau, M., Roulet, N.T., 2014. Carbon release from boreal peatland open water pools: Implication for the contemporary C exchange. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. 119, 2013JG002423. doi:10.1002/2013JG002423
Cliche Trudeau, N., Garneau, M., Pelletier, L., 2013. Methane fluxes from a patterned fen of the northeastern part of the La Grande river watershed, James Bay, Canada. Biogeochem. 113, 409–422. doi:10.1007/s10533-012-9767-3
Teodoru, C.R., Bastien, J., Bonneville, M.-C., del Giorgio, P.A., Demarty, M., Garneau, M., Hélie, J.-F., Pelletier, L., Prairie, Y.T., Roulet, N.T., Strachan, I.B., Tremblay, A., 2012. The net carbon footprint of a newly created boreal hydroelectric reservoir. Global Biogeochem. Cycles 26, GB2016. doi:10.1029/2011GB004187
Pelletier, L., Garneau, M., Moore, T.R., 2011. Variation in CO2 exchange over three summers at microform scale in a boreal bog, Eastmain region, Québec, Canada. J. Geophys. Res. 116, G03019. doi:10.1029/2011JG001657
Ullah, S., Frasier, R., Pelletier, L., Moore, T.R., 2009. Greenhouse gas fluxes from boreal forest soils during the snow-free period in Quebec, Canada. Can. J. For. Res. 39, 666–680. doi:10.1139/X08-209
Pelletier, L., Moore, T.R., Roulet, N.T., Garneau, M., Beaulieu-Audy, V., 2007. Methane fluxes from three peatlands in the La Grande Rivière watershed, James Bay lowland, Canada. J. Geophys. Res. 112, G01018. doi:10.1029/2006JG000216
Other activities and interests:
Passionate about cycling (cyclo-cross, mountain biking, road cycling….)
Contact Luc
