Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: physical sciences, climate change, water chemistry, soil chemistry, plant ecology
| Principal Investigator: | English, Michael C (25) |
| Licence Number: | 14411 |
| Organization: | Wilfrid Laurier University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2008
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| Issued: | Aug 11, 2008 |
| Project Team: | Shawn Gagne (Masters research, Dept Geography, Wilfrid Laurier University) |
Objective(s): The objective of this research is to determine the impacts of predicted soil warming scenarios for the arctic on the availability of phosphate, nitrate-nitrogen and ammonium.
Project Description: This licence is issued for the scientific research application # 876. The objective of this research is to determine the impacts of predicted soil warming scenarios for the arctic on the availability of phosphate, nitrate-nitrogen and ammonium, which are important soil nutrients. The field portion of this research will consist of two weeks of collecting soil data and gauging and sampling (for water chemistry) the nine surface inflows into Daring Lake. The fieldwork will include: photograph of the research site, measurements of soil moisture (in situ), extraction of soil samples from the surface to depths of approximately 40cm (varies from site to site). The samples from each site will include the surface organic layer and into the mineral/parent material at depth. Samples will be taken from sites exhibiting a range of soil moisture conditions (from valley - wetland sedge - very wet to esker top, very dry). Results of this study can be gained by contacting the researcher. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from August 11 to September 01, 2008 at the Daring Lake drainage basin. The researchers will be based out of the Tundra Ecosystem Research Station.
