Principal Investigator:Chételat, John Licensed Year(s):
2015
Summary:
The main objective of this study is to investigate the ecosystem health of Yellowknife Bay. We will address the following questions through a field study:
1) What is the quality of water and sediment in Yellowknife Bay (focusing on metals, nutrients and cyanobacteria)?
2) What are the main sources and transport pathways of metals accumulating in the food web of Yellowknife Bay?
3) How much of ...
Principal Investigator:Chételat, John Licensed Year(s):
2014
2013 Summary:
Yellowknife Bay on Great Slave Lake is a water body of cultural, subsistence and recreational importance for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN) and residents of Yellowknife. The ecosystem health of Yellowknife Bay has been impacted by historical mining releases of metals (particularly arsenic), as well as long-range atmospheric transport of metals such as mercury from far-away human emissi...
Principal Investigator:Katz, Sharon Licensed Year(s):
2007
Summary:
The monitoring objectives of this project are: to conduct a targeted scientific program to analyze heavy metals and trace elements and stable isotopes in vegetation (caribou food); to correlate the results in vegetation with concentrations in caribou from a related NCP program [Gamberg 2006]; to test if contaminant patterns in caribou tissues will vary with patterns observed in lichen/moss, or wil...
Principal Investigator:Welch, Harold Licensed Year(s):
1993
19921991199019881987 Summary:
The researcher and his team will continue their marine research at Resolute. They will continue their work on the trophic dynamics of the arctic marine food chain as it pertains to marine mammal and seabird production. The main goal is to obtain data on seasonal cycles of energy flow. The team will also be examining organochlorine and heavy metal contaminants in the marine system....
Principal Investigator:Harbicht, Stephen Licensed Year(s):
1990
Summary:
The Researcher and his team using gill nets will sample lake trout to determine the level of heavy metals in order to evaluate the bioaccumulation that has occurred....