Principal Investigator:Olefeldt, David Licensed Year(s):
2023
20222021 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5448.
This project proposes to monitor wetlands, streams, rivers, and lakes in the Dehcho region, with a focus on understanding current and future trends in aquatic mercury and methylmercury. The region has vast stores of mercury accumulated in organic wetland soils, and there is a risk that disturbances such as permafrost ...
Principal Investigator:Sonnentag, Oliver Licensed Year(s):2022
2021
2019201720162015201420132013 Summary:
The project of the present application is the continuation of year-round eddy covariance measurements of carbon, water and energy fluxes at Scotty Creek, established in 2013.
The key methodology is tower-mounted micrometeorological measurements around the eddy covariance technique using an open-path infra-red gas analyzer and a sonic anemometer. These measurements are supported by measurements ...
Principal Investigator:Errington, Ruth Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
After 10 years of warming climate conditions, the Canadian Fire Service is leading a field project to re-measure a series of permanent monitoring plots to identify any changes to the forest stand structure, tree growth rates, plant community composition, tree, shrub, herb, and lichen biomass. These changes will be associated with climate trends and environmental factors such as soil type, presence...
Principal Investigator:Wein, Ross Licensed Year(s):
1992
Summary:
The research will examine permafrost-containing peat plateaus that have burned during severe fires to determine the features of subsidence (decrease) and the rate of subsidence....