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2 record(s) found for principal investigator "Kershaw, G. Peter" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Studies of the environmental effects of disturbances in the subarctic (SEEDS)
Principal Investigator: Kershaw, G. Peter
Licensed Year(s): 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1990
Summary: The research will continue to monitor the effects of disturbance to a site 10 km north of Fort Norman. Trees were cleared and the soil was trenched in 1985 and 1986, and crude oil was spilled in 1988. The researchers are monitoring air and soil temperatures, wind speed, moisture, water movement, permafrost and snow characteristics, plants and animals in order to understand how the ecosystem resp...


Licence #2684
Principal Investigator: Kershaw, G. Peter
Licensed Year(s): 1981
Summary: To determine the chemical composition of the oil at a large spill and ascertain if the oil spilled 36 years ago is biodegradable....


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