Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, permafrost, vegetation, paleoenvironment, monitoring, meteorology, terrain map, invertebrates
Principal Investigator: | Jacobs, John D. (17) |
Licence Number: | 7041 |
Organization: | University of Windsor |
Licensed Year(s): |
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1988
1987
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Issued: | Jan 01, 1987 |
Project Team: | Mr. Greg Bull; 1 student (to be selected); D.R. Stenton, U of A; Dr. W.N. Mode, U of Wisconsin; Angus Headley, AES |
Objective(s): To continue the work begun in 1978; to survey vegetation and terrain on the south shore of Amadjuak Lake and the operation of a meteorological station there; to install automatic weather stations and bulk precipitation collectors at two locations, one on the southeast side of Amadjuak Lake and the other on the west side of Nettilling Lake; to monitor environmental change in the interior of Baffin Island with the intention to establish a long-term study. Student projects on freshwater invertebrate ecology and permafrost will be conducted as well.