Principal Investigator:Schiff, Sherry L Licensed Year(s):
2022
2021 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5150.
The objective is to improve the quantitative understanding of carbon dynamics in Canadian subarctic freshwaters, with a focus on identifying the processes governing the balance between carbon sinks and carbon sources to the atmosphere.
The research team will pair field-based observations with laboratory experiments...
Principal Investigator:English, Michael C Licensed Year(s):
2016
Summary:
The objectives are to work with local residents of Wekweeti to understand how changes in the annual snowpack may impact caribou. The idea is that with increased incursions of warm southern air into the subarctic during winter that snow crusts and ice lenses may be created in the snowpack and as a result increase the energy expenditures of the caribou when foraging for food at the base of the snowp...