CEN - LINE ROCHEFORT (Regular member)


LINE ROCHEFORT (Regular member) Chaire de recherche industrielle en aménagement des tourbières Département de Phytologie Pavillon Paul-Comtois, room 3403 2425, rue de l'Agriculture Université Laval Québec, Québec CANADA, G1V 0A6 Phone: 656-2131 ext. 2583 Fax: 418 656-7856 Email: line.rochefort@fsaa.ulaval.ca

Research themes

•	Ecological restoration of peatland ecosystems after peat mining.
•	Reclamation of abandoned peatlands for potential berry production and tree plantation.
•	Production of Sphagnum biomass to develop new growing mixes.
•	Impacts of goose grazing and climate change on the wetlands of an arctic ecosystem (Bylot Island, Nunavut).

Recent publications

Bussières, J., Boudreau, S., Clément-Mathieu, G., Dansereau, B., Rochefort, L., 2008. Growing Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) in cut-over peatlands. HortScience, 43(2): 494-499.

Ellis, C.J., Rochefort, L., Gauthier, G., Pienitz, R., 2008. Paleoecological evidence for transitions between contrasting land-forms in a polygon-patterned High Arctic wetland. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 40(4): 624-637.

Graf, M., Rochefort, L., 2008. Moss regeneration for fen restoration: field and greenhouse experiments. Restoration Ecology, (doi: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00437.x).

Graf, M., Rochefort, L., 2008. Techniques for restoring fen vegetation on cut-away peatlands in North America. Applied Vegetation Science, 11: 521-528.

Graf, M., Rochefort, L., Poulin, M., 2008. The spontaneous revegetation of cutaway peatlands of North America. Wetlands, 28(1): 28-39.

Jasmin, J.-N., Rochefort, L., Gauthier, G., 2008. Goose grazing influences the fine-scale structure of an arctic wetland bryophyte community. Polar Biology, 31(9): 1043-1049.

Letendre, J., Poulin, M., Rochefort, L., 2008. Sensitivity of spectral indices to CO₂ fluxes for several plant communities in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 34(2): 414-425.

Montemayor, M.B., Price, J.S., Rochefort, L., Boudreau, S., 2008. Temporal variations and spatial patterns in saline and waterlogged peat fields: I - Survival and growth of salt marsh graminoids. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 62: 333-342.

Fontaine, N., Poulin, M., Rochefort, L., 2007. Plant diversity associated with pools in natural and restored peatlands. Mires and Peat, 2(Article 6): 1-17.

Groeneveld, E.V.G., Massé, A., Rochefort, L., 2007. Polytrichum strictum as a nurse-plant in peatland restoration. Restoration Ecology, 15(4): 709-719.

Sottocornola, M., Boudreau, S., Rochefort, L., 2007. Peat bog restoration: Effect of phosphorus on plant re-establishment. Ecological Engineering, 31(1): 29-40.

Andersen, R., Francez, A.-J., Rochefort, L., 2006. The physicochemical and microbiological status of a restored bog in Québec: Identification of relevant criteria to monitor success. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 38(6): 1375-1387.

Chirino, C., Campeau, S., Rochefort, L., 2006. Sphagnum establishment on bare peat: The importance of climatic variability and Sphagnum species richness. Applied Vegetation Science, 9(2): 285-294.

Ellis, C.J., Rochefort, L., 2006. Long-term sensitivity of a High Arctic wetland to Holocene climate change. Journal of Ecology, 94: 441-454.

Mazerolle, M., Poulin, M., Lavoie, C., Rochefort, L., Desrochers, A., Drolet, B., 2006. Animal and vegetation patterns in natural and man-made bog pools: implications for restoration. Freshwater Biology, 51(2): 333-350.

Strack, M., Waddington, J., Rochefort, L., Tuittila, E.-S., 2006. Response of vegetation and net ecosystem carbon dioxyde exchange at different peatland microforms following water table drawdown. Journal of Geophysical Research, 111(G02006): 1-10.

Groeneveld, E.V. G., Rochefort, L., 2005. Polytrichum strictum as a solution to frost heaving in disturbed ecosystems: A case study with milled peatlands. Restoration Ecology, 13(1): 74-82.

Mazerolle, M., Desrochers, A., Rochefort, L., 2005. Landscape characteristics influence pond occupancy by frogs after accounting for detectability. Ecological Applications, 15(3): 824-834.

Poulin, M., Rochefort, L., Quinty, F., Lavoie, C., 2005. Spontaneous revegetation of mined peatlands in eastern canada. Canadian Journal of Botany, 83(5): 539-557.

Price, J.S., Rochefort, L., (éd.) 2003. Restoration of Sphagnum dominated peatlands. 11, 125.

CEN Students

Bérubé, Vicky (M.Sc.). Using paleoecological analysis as decision tool to restore minerotrophic peatland

D'Astous, Amélie (M.Sc. - Co-supervision). Communities and functional groups approaches to evaluate the success of the restoration of an ombrotrophic peatland - 10 years of monitoring

Fontaine, Natacha (M.Sc. - Co-supervision). Vegetal diversity of natural and restaured peatland pools.

Hogue-Hugron, Sandrine (M.Sc. - Co-supervision). Spontaneous regeration and restauration of borrow pits in nordic environments.

Landry, Tommy (M.Sc. - Co-supervision). Reimplantation of vascular plants in restored bogs: the case of plants associated with pools margins and a first step for terrestrial orchids

Paradis, Etienne (Ph.D.). Ecological restoration of forested margins in cutover peatlands after peat extraction

Pouliot, Rémy (Ph.D.). Microtopography initiation in boreal peatland: abiotic and biotic factors.

Salvador, Flor (). Evaluation of the success of long-term peatland restoration in Canada and transfer of Quebec's restoration expertise of disturbed peatlands of the High Andes

Salvador, Flor (M.Sc.). Evaluation of the success of long-term peatland restoration in Canada and transfer of Quebec's restoration expertise of disturbed peatlands of the High Andes

Recent CEN's theses

Graf, Martha Darling (Ph.D.) 2008. La restauration de la végétation de fen sur des tourbières exploitées en amérique du nord. Université Laval.

Bellemare, Mireille (M.Sc.) 2007. Productivité de la chicouté au Québec en fonction de diverses régies de culture. Université Laval.

Letendre, Jacinthe (M.Sc. - Co-supervision) 2007. Flux de CO₂, conditions hydriques, et leurs relations avec divers indices spectraux en tourbière ombrotrophe boréale. Université Laval.

St-Arnaud, Claudia (M.Sc.) 2007. Dynamique de la végétation d'un fen pauvre face à une simulation de réchauffement climatique : réponses potentielles des tourbières boréales à sphaignes. Université Laval.

Pouliot, Rémy (M.Sc.) 2006. Les effets fertilisants de la Grande oie des neiges sur la dynamique des milieux humides de l'île Bylot au Nunavut : Impact du tapis de bryophytes. Université Laval.

Bussières, Julie (M.Sc.) 2005. Potentiel d'établissement d'essences forestières et fruitières en tourbières résiduelles. Université Laval.

Other theses

Mazerolle, Marc (Ph.D. - Co-supervision) 2004. Mouvements et reproduction des amphibiens en tourbières perturbées. Université Laval.

Link (outside CEN)

Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG)