Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: physical sciences, vegetation, plant communities, lake, lakeshore
| Principal Investigator: | Nielsen, Scott (2) |
| Licence Number: | 17156 |
| Organization: | University of Alberta |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2023
2022
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| Issued: | Dec 13, 2022 |
Objective(s): To quantify the extent of lake-mediated cooling and its effect on shoreline and inland plant species at varying scales.
Project Description: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5407. The objective of this thesis is to quantify the extent of lake-mediated cooling and its effect on shoreline and inland plant species at varying scales. The principal investigator (PI) will establish a series of transects at large lakes in northern regions of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories. Each transect will extend inland from the lake, and will have temperature loggers at 10 m, 100 m, 1 km, and 10 km inland, which will collect data for at least one year. At each logger location, the PI will record vascular plant diversity, developmental phase, and forest stand information to observe the effects of shoreline cooling on the plant community. The PI will be working with local guides to facilitate the field research. The guides will boat the team to the field locations, as well as provide insight on site conditions, suggested field locations, and vegetation and weather trends along the lakeshore. While most of the work takes place far from the nearest community, the PI intend on engaging with the local communities and the guides to ensure all field research leaves minimal impact on their land. Additionally, the PI would like to present the research and findings to the communities, either in person or via zoom (due to COVID-19) or as a report. The fieldwork for this study will be conducted from June 1, 2023 to August 31, 2023.
