Principal Investigator:Aitken, Alec E. Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
The objectives of this research project are 1) to discover what knowledge residents have about local environmental contamination; 2) to discover what local residents believe about the risks to themselves and their families of living near areas of environmental contamination; and 3) assess the adequacy and effectiveness of information programs designed to provide information to the public concernin...
Principal Investigator:Aitken, Alec E. Licensed Year(s):
1993
1992 Summary:
The researcher will collect samples of small organisms that live on the sea bottom in the Canon and Slidre Fiords of Ellesmere Island. These creatures include small worms, shrimp, starfish, clams and snails. Measurements will be collected on water temperature and the amounts of salt and oxygen in the water. These data will help to relate the distribution of species with the characteristics of ...
Principal Investigator:Aitken, Alec E. Licensed Year(s):
1985
Summary:
Collecting fossil clams from raised marine deposits in the vicinity of the villages to aid our understanding of marine ecology at the end of the Wisconsin Ice Age....
Principal Investigator:Aitken, Alec E. Licensed Year(s):
1984
Summary:
(1) to investigate the nature of arctic bivalve growth; (2) to identify possible latitudinal trends in arctic bivalve morphology; and (3) to assess the role of sea ice as a factor influencing arctic bivalve morphology and growth....