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3 record(s) found in the location "Gwich'in Settlement Area" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Using Quantitative Fatty Acid Signature Analysis to Investigate Diet and Mercury in Porcupine Caribou
Principal Investigator: Chan, Laurie H. M.
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: Lichens, cotton grass and willows will be collected in the NWT to be used in a study of caribou diet in comparison with quantitative fatty acid signature (QFASA) and mercury analyses. Fieldwork is being conducted in correlation with a caribou serum and adipose tissue sampling project. Mercury (Hg) is a global environmental contaminant that derives mostly from burning fossil fuels. The Porcupine...


Metals Uptake from Vegetation to Caribou in the Canadian Arctic
Principal Investigator: Katz, Sharon
Licensed Year(s): 2007
Summary: The monitoring objectives of this project are: to conduct a targeted scientific program to analyze heavy metals and trace elements and stable isotopes in vegetation (caribou food); to correlate the results in vegetation with concentrations in caribou from a related NCP program [Gamberg 2006]; to test if contaminant patterns in caribou tissues will vary with patterns observed in lichen/moss, or wil...


Trace Contaminant Transformation and Fate in Northern Ecosystems
Principal Investigator: Siciliano, Steven D
Licensed Year(s): 2003
Summary: This study will: (1) assess sulfate-reducing bacterial diversity and mercury transformations; and (2) analyze the toxicity of contaminants deposited on vegetation and soil to wildlife that may digest it. Little is known about transformations of mercury...


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