Marie-Eve Ferland

Contact

514-987-3000, poste 2927

Université du Québec à Montréal
Pavillon des sciences biologiques, SB-2355
2080 St-Urbain
Montréal, Québec
H2X 3X8
Canada

Postal adress:

Université du Québec à Montréal
Département des sciences biologiques
Université du Québec à Montréal
Case postale 8888,
Succursale Centre-ville
Montréal (Québec)
H3C 3P8

Diploma(s)

Ongoing Diploma

Ph.D. Candidate in Biological sciences

Université du Québec à Montréal
Supervisors: Paul del Giorgio and Yves Prairie

Completed Diploma(s)

M.Sc. in Physical Geography. Université de Montréal
Supervisor: Pierre J.H. Richard

B.Sc. in Physical Geography. Université de Montréal

Biography

Interests:

Carbon bigeochemistry, lakes sedimentations patterns, short term and Holocene carbon storage, carbon regional stock in Quebec province, modelisation of sedimentological bathymetry, carbon budgets in lakes, paleohydrology, lake levels changes.

Research project:

My thesis includes four main objectives:

1.  Develop more robust estimates of carbon storage in lakes
2.  Assess how carbon storage varies as a function of lakes properties, with different time-scales and in different biomes
3. Place carbon storage in the context of the overall lake carbon budget
4. Develop regional carbon storage models and use these models to determine robust estimates

In the context where environmental questions about carbon is more and more preoccupying, and where the carbon fluxes to the atmosphere are more and more known; the estimation of carbon burial in sediment still not well establish. In consequence, in my thesis, I propose a methodological and comparative study of 13 boreal lakes in Eastmain region. I explore the way to predict the recent and Holecene carbon burial with physical properties. With the developed method, 45 lakes in Quebec spread among Eastern Tonwships, Laurentians, James Bay lowlands and 14 Swedish lakes were echosounded and cored. With these data, carbon storage and accumulation rates estimates and sedimentological bathymetric models are explored.

Publications

Articles:

Ferland, M.-E., del Giorgio, P. A., Teodoru, C. R. and Prairie, Y. T. 2012. Long-term C accumulation and total C stocks in boreal lakes in northern Québec. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 26, GB0E04, doi:10.1029/2011GB004241

Oral presentations :

Ferland, M.-E., Prairie, Y. et del Giorgio, P. 2011. Carbon sedimentation and accumulation in boreal lakes at different temporal scales. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Limnology and Oceanography in a Changing World, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA, 13-18 février 2011

Ferland, M.-E., Prairie, Y. et del Giorgio, P. 2011. Patrons de sédimentation et d¹accumulation du carbone de lacs boréaux à différentes échelles temporelles. Symposium annuel de la Groupe de recherche interuniversitaire en limnologie et en environnement aquatique (GRIL), St-Hippolyte, Québec, Canada, 3-5 mars 2011

Marie-Eve Ferland, Yves T. Prairie, Paul A. del Giorgio . Carbon stock in lakes of James Bay area. March 2008. GRIL annual meeting, Harrington (Qc).

Marie-Eve Ferland, Yves T. Prairie, Paul A. del Giorgio . Carbon storage in boreal lakes in northern Quebec. June 2008. ASLO conference, St-John’s (NF).

Posters:

Marie-Eve Ferland, Yves T. Prairie, Paul A. del Giorgio. Carbon storage in boreal and temperate Québec. January 2009. SCL conference, Ottawa (On).

Master thesis:

Marie-Ève Ferland, 2007. Végétation et changements hydrologiques postglaciaires dans la région de LG2 (Jamésie), par l’étude des sédiments d’un lac. Mémoire de maîtrise, Département de géographie, Université de Montréal, 161 pages.