NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Richardson, W. John
Licensed Year(s): 1980
Summary: Four Basic Objectives: a) To document the normal behaviour patterns of the bowhead whale; b) Determine type and quantity of responses if any, of bowheads to boats and aircraft passing at various distances; c) Determine the type and quantity of responses if any, of bowheads to underwater playbacks of recorded industrial noises; d) Dete...

Principal Investigator: Hobbs, Larry
Licensed Year(s): 1980
Summary: To develop a capability to track and tag large cetaceans (whales). This capability will allow for tracking of these mammals in order to better understand their behaviour and to assess possible impacts of oil and gas developments on them....

Principal Investigator: Reed, Jonathan R.
Licensed Year(s): 1976
Summary: Behavioral observations of the Lesser Sandhill Crane in their breeding territories. Some birds will be banded - Part of a study entitled "Breeding Bilogy of the Lesser Sandhill Crane on Banks Island, Northwest Territories"....

Principal Investigator: Henry, J. David
Licensed Year(s): 1976
Summary: To conduct ecological and behavioral research on the arctic fox population of Banks Island by investigating the effects of oil exploration on the fox population to provide base line information to improve fox management....

Principal Investigator: Henry, J. David
Licensed Year(s): 1975
Summary: An ecology and behavioral study of the Arctic fox....