Productivity of Marine Mammal Food Chains in the Northwest Passage
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: biology, fish, benthic invertebrates, plankton, food chain, predators
| Principal Investigator: | Welch, Harold (9) |
| Licence Number: | 11093 |
| Organization: | Freshwater Institute Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1993
1992
1991
1990
1988
1987
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1991 |
| Project Team: | T. Siferd; H. Landry; P. Amarualik; summer students, graduate students |
Objective(s): To continue a study begun in 1984 with this year's field season focusing on the clam: Mya truncata (walrus food) with other work on Arctic cod, kelp, phytoplankton, zooplankton and nutrient chemistry;
Project Description: The Researchers will measure the distribution of phytoplankton, nutrients and zooplankton. They will sample the benthos, especially clams. A remote camera will be set up on southwest Devon Island to monitor the coast for movements of cod and whales. If sighted they will determine their size, sample their planktonic prey and monitor predation on the school by birds and mammals.
