NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: McIntosh, Debbie
Licensed Year(s): 1987
Summary: To compile a resource inventory for the following areas: the Fort Norman block land transfer region, Drum (Wrigley) Lake, June Lake, Caribou Flats and Willow (Brackette) Lake; to produce a land use plan for these areas following input from the Hamlet Council as well as other interest groups and individuals....

Principal Investigator: Simpson, Lloyd G.
Licensed Year(s): 1988 1987
Summary: To obtain the first statistically valid estimate of the biomass of the North American boreal forest. To locate sample plots that are randomly located throughout the boreal forest and make simple non-destructive dimensional measurements of trees and shrubs....

Principal Investigator: Butler, R.W.
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To travel on foot along the Canol Road and incorporate examinations and descriptions of local plant and wildlife species, geomorphological and geological phenomenon and historical data into one report....

Principal Investigator: Vigers, Gary
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To determine acute and sublethal effects of oil (natural seeps) and refinery effluent on fish in the Mackenzie River at Norman Wells. Sublethal effects will include bioaccumulation and tainting. In situ fish cages and laboratory bioassays will be utilized....

Principal Investigator: Stoeber, Karl O.
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To photograph and gather information on muskeg, a widely unknown biotope...

Principal Investigator: Kershaw, G. Peter
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: Dempster Highway disturbance studies determine the state of natural recovery on human disturbances of various ages; (this includes the botanical and wildlife habitat characteristics). Also, to continue monitoring of the species and population characterisics of small mammals in 12 tundra habitats and continue monitoring of small mammal habitat selection for the 4th year of the study....

Principal Investigator: Ion, Peter G.
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: The study will involve the continuous monitoring of one high elevation permanent snowpatch and adjacent snow-free areas to assess thier role in habitat selection in woodland caribou. Animal observation will supplement this data in order to accept or reject existing hypotheses on the role of rival environments to ungulates....

Principal Investigator: Basinger, James F.
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To study the evolution of temperate floras in western and northern Canada and with the relationship between the early Tertiary age floras and those that occupy temperate regions in North America at present....

Principal Investigator: Wills-Adkins, Betty
Licensed Year(s): 1982
Summary: To sample shrubs near tree-line in order to asses the value of dendrochronological techniques in determining climatic variations....

Principal Investigator: Murray, Bruce
Licensed Year(s): 1981
Summary: To continue biophysical baseline studies associated with the development of the mine property> Samples of fish, benthis invertebrates, bottom sediments will be collected along with water quality studies undertaken....