Principal Investigator:MacNeill, Scott W Licensed Year(s):
2003
Summary:
This 5-day sampling program will involve fisheries, aquatic, and vegetation studies at/in the vicinity of the abandoned Port Radium Mine site. Concentrations of five biologically significant metals (antimony, arsenic, lead, nickel and zinc) will be dete...
Principal Investigator:Jette, Helene Licensed Year(s):1995
1993
1992 Summary:
This project continues to examine the history of plant communities in the Mackenzie River and Delta regions over the past 15,000 years. Using a hand auger, core samples of sediments are taken from lake bottoms and the sediments are analyzed for the presence of pollen and diatoms. Radiocarbon dating, a technique used to estimate age, will estimate when certain species were present in the past....
Principal Investigator:MacDonald, Glen M Licensed Year(s):
1992
1990 Summary:
The research party will continue to study past climatic variation and will continue to examine the relationship between climatic change and vegetation response. They will continue lake sediment coring and will collect tree increment cores....
Principal Investigator:Gill, Don Licensed Year(s):
1974
Summary:
a) Winter ecology of the willow ptarmingan, Mackenzie Delta. b) Relationship between flooding, sedimentation, permafrost, and alluvial vegetation, Mackenzie River and Delta. c) Plant succession and wildlife habitat studies, Mackenzie Delta....