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M Derek MacKenzie, PhD

Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Renewable Resources Dept
Email
mdm7@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-6388
Address
348E South Academic Building
11328 - 89 Ave NW
Edmonton AB
T6G 2J7

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About

Job/Research Area: Ecosystem Ecology

Research

Major Responsibilities/Research Interests: My research program examines how above- and below-ground processes are affected by both natural and anthropogenic disturbance. Four basic principles guide my research and these are: 1. soil organic matter (SOM) stability is an ecosystem trait that has spatial dependence; 2. SOM stability mediates nutrient bioavailability for plants and microbes; 3. disturbance is a stochastic ecosystem event, which causes temporal and spatial fluctuations in these ecosystem processes; 4. fire creates pyrogenic carbon which is an evolutionary cue and has long-term effects on soil biogeochemistry. Many research questions can be derived from these four basic principles. If this interests you, please see my lab web-site for opportunities.

Courses

REN R 305 - Principles and Practices of Land Reclamation and Restoration

Principles and practical techniques currently applied in land reclamation and restoration including: (1) landscape and soil reconstruction practices; (2) passive and active revegetation practices, taking into account the interaction between biotic and abiotic components; and (3) regulations governing land reclamation after industrial disturbance. Prerequisites: REN R 120, REN R 210, and one of REN R 250 or REN R 350.

Winter Term 2025

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Featured Publications

Total and pyrogenic carbon stocks in black spruce forest floors from eastern Canada

Soucémarianadin, L.N., Quideau, S.A., MacKenzie, M.D., Munson, A.D., Boiffin, J., Bernard, G.M., Wasylishen, R.E.

Organic Geochemistry. 2015 January; 82

Using spatial ecology to examine above and belowground interactions on a reclaimed aspen stand in northern Alberta

Das Gupta, S., MacKenzie, M.D., Quideau, S.A.

Geoderma. 2015 January; 259-260

Nutrient uptake and growth of fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) on reclamation soils

Pinno, B.D., Landhäusser, S.M., Chow, P.S., Quideau, S.A., MacKenzie, M.D.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 2014 January; 44

Pyrogenic carbon stocks and storage mechanisms in podzolic soils of fire-affected Quebec black spruce forests

Soucémarianadin, L.N., Quideau, S.A., MacKenzie, M.D.

Geoderma. 2014 January; 217-218

Laboratory charring conditions affect black carbon properties: A case study from Quebec black spruce forests

Soucémarianadin, L.N., Quideau, S.A., MacKenzie, M.D., Bernard, G.M., Wasylishen, R.E.

Organic Geochemistry. 2013 January; 62

Microbial response to fertilization in contrasting soil materials used during oil sands reclamation

Quideau, S.A., Gupta, S.D., MacKenzie, M.D., Landhäusser, S.M.

Soil Science Society of America Journal. 2013 January; 77

Forest floor development and biochemical properties in reconstructed boreal forest soils

Sorenson, P. T., S. A. Quideau, M. D. MacKenzie, S. M. Landhäusser, and S. W. Oh

Applied Soil Ecology. 2012 January; 49

Laboratory Based Nitrogen Mineralization and Biogeochemistry of Two Soils Used in Oilsands Reclamation

MacKenzie, M. D. and S. A. Quideau

Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 2012 January; 92

Removal of organic acids from water using biochar and petroleum coke

Samrat Alam, M., Cossio, M., Robinson, L., Wang, X., Kenney, J.P.L., Konhauser, K.O., MacKenzie, M.D., Ok, Y.S., Alessi, D.S.

Environmental Technology and Innovation. 2012 January; 6

Trembling Aspen Seedling Establishment, Growth, and Response to Fertilization on Contrasting Soils used in Oilsands Reclamation

Pinno, B.D., S.M. Landhausser, M.D. MacKenzie, S.A. Quideau, And P.K. Chow

Canadian Journal of Soil Science. 2012 January; 92