Principal Investigator:Williams, Mathew Licensed Year(s):20142013
2012
Summary:
The ultimate aim of the proposed project is to develop and evaluate a detailed process-based model of vegetation-soil-permafrost interactions using data collected through directed field campaigns in the discontinuous and sporadic permafrost zones of western Canada. The research team will (i) elucidate the role of plant biodiversity in controlling permafrost status in contrasting ecosystems with di...
Principal Investigator:Buddle, Chris Licensed Year(s):
2012
2011 Summary:
The objectives of this research project are:
(1) To test how and to what degree the structure of arthropod communities changes between the northern boreal and sub-arctic zones. This will provide us with a contemporary geographic profile of species and group distributions as well as estimates of diversity.
(2) To use molecular genetic techniques to aid in species identification and to help expl...
Principal Investigator:Venables, Chandra Licensed Year(s):
2011
Summary:
The objectives of this research project are to:
1) establish evolutionary relationships of diving beetles in the Nearctic, in addition to identifying colonization routes for exemplars in the tribe Agabini;
2) assess genetic diversity of target species and among-population genetic mixing, and compare these data to historical data (where possible) with an aim at assessing latitudinal and historica...
Principal Investigator:Currie, Douglas Licensed Year(s):
2002
2000 Summary:
The primary focus of the study is the numbers and kinds of insects that live in the Thelon River at its valley. A previous study in 2000 on the Horton River revealed a number of species that are not represented in Alaska and the Yukon. Collections from t...
Principal Investigator:Nano, Francis Licensed Year(s):
1999
Summary:
The goal of this project is to find new biological products of commercial and medical importance made by bacteria associated with permafrost soils, and to describe the bacterial biodiversity associated with the soils. A total of 500 small soil samples will be collected within 200 m. of the Dempster Highway (in undeveloped areas) between Dawson and Inuvik during August 1999. The decisions for the...
Principal Investigator:Hankinson, Flt. LT. K.W. Licensed Year(s):
1991
1988 Summary:
Multi-disciplinary research will be undertaken in botany, geology, micro meteorology, soil science, remote sensing, breeding biology of Arctic char and archaeological survey. These studies are a continuation of those begun in 1988....