NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Howland, William G.
Licensed Year(s): 1978
Summary: The application of remote sensing techniques to vegetation and terrain mapping....

Principal Investigator: Horton, Diana G.
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To collect samples of a certain type of moss as part of a comparative study of this species which occurs in northern Europe....

Principal Investigator: Elisens, W.J.
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To conduct a survey of a particular species of flowering plant to contribute to the general knowledge of their distribution in Western North America....

Principal Investigator: Pilling, Miss E.
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: Botanical photography; a systematic comparison of plants in Iceland and Arctic Europe....

Principal Investigator: Howland, William G.
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: Analysis of vegetation, soil and surface material, and ground control studies for aerial photographic studies of vegetation and terrain....

Principal Investigator: Hutchinson, Tom
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To determine the degree of recovery of crude oil spills made in 1972 and 1973 on taiga at Norman Wells and tundra at Tuktoyaktuk. To determine the effects of a 1975 diesel oil spill on taiga at Norman Wells and to compare the effects with crude oil spills made in comparable terrain. To examine the pattern of vegetational recovery of these areas. To examine the effects of crude oil spills made o...

Principal Investigator: Hutchinson, Tom
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To develop a practical and economic method of revegetation of "difficult" tailings and mine sites in the N.W.T., using acid and metal tolerant vegetation growing naturally at the highly stressed Smoking Hills area of Cape Bathurst, N.W.T....

Principal Investigator: Thomas, Don
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To collect data on late winter habitats and diets of carioub on the Boothia Peninsula for pipeline assessments; to determine how long productivity rates can remain at low levels on Melville and Prince Patrick Islands; to examine growth indices of arctic willow and their relationship to past productivity of caribou; to make management of insular and near insular populations of caribou easier and mo...

Principal Investigator: Howland, William G.
Licensed Year(s): 1976
Summary: 1) Familiarization with plant distribution, 2) Physical site analysis, 3) Study reflectivity of newly emerged plants....

Principal Investigator: McGregor, C.A.
Licensed Year(s): 1976
Summary: Parsons Lake - a quantitive description of vegetation with organic content, ice content and moisture content. Sabine Peninsula - preliminary terrain sensitivity classification for use in planning transporation facilities....