17 record(s) found with the tag "environmental sensitivity index" (multi-year projects are grouped): Not seeing the results you want? Tryadvanced search.
Principal Investigator:Duffe, Jason A Licensed Year(s):
2012
20112010 Summary:
The objectives of this research project are to:
(1) fly oblique helicopter videography along the Beaufort Sea shoreline from the Alaska/Yukon border to the Northwest Territories/Nunavut border;
(2) using conventional methods, interpret helicopter videography and create an Environmental Sensitivity Index map. This will consist of a vector shapefile of shoreline types; and
(3) using satellite ra...
Principal Investigator:Prowse, Terry D Licensed Year(s):2008
2007
20062005 Summary:
Melting permafrost can alter soils and surface runoff. The effects of such changes have been modeled but never evaluated experimentally. Arctic lake productivity is not well articulated and sensitivities to disturbance (e.g., climate change, water withdrawal for development use) remain unpredictable. The objective of this study is to develop a hydrologic model for melting permafrost conditions, as...
Principal Investigator:Millar, Nathan P Licensed Year(s):2007
2006
Summary:
The Travaillant Lake system is one of the most culturally and traditionally important areas within the Gwich'in Settlement Area (GSA). In recent years, in light of proposed industrial development and exploration that may threaten the aquatic environment within this system, Travaillant Lake has become a focus of fisheries-related studies that have attempted to collect information on biological char...
Principal Investigator:Mochnacz, Neil Licensed Year(s):
2006
Summary:
The Mackenzie Gas Pipeline will cross more than 600 tributaries of the Mackenzie River, ranging from small (< 1 m) vegetated swales to large rivers. All construction methods, with the exception of trenchless drilling, will disturb the bed and banks of the rivers they cross. Fish habitat use and distribution has not been studied in sufficient detail.
Fish will be captured and identified for spec...
Principal Investigator:Tallman, Ross F Licensed Year(s):
2006
Summary:
The goal of this study is to gather information about fish and fish habitat to minimize and monitor impacts associated with the proposed Mackenzie Gas Pipeline. Broad whitefish, inconnu, arctic cisco and lake whitefish are the major fish species taken in subsistence fisheries in the Mackenzie Valley. These species are highly migratory and are targeted by multiple fisheries along their migration ro...
Principal Investigator:Lesack, Lance Licensed Year(s):2017201620152014201020092007
2006
2005200420032002200120001999199819971996199519941993 Summary:
The long-term goal of this project is to develop a biogeochemical model for lakes in the Mackenzie Delta, and ultimately, a more general ecosystem model for floodplains and deltas of major world rivers that will help assess the effects of multiple stresses on rivers resulting from global change. Numerous major river deltas in the Arctic circumpolar region are lake-rich because of thermokarst effec...
Principal Investigator:Kokelj, Steven V Licensed Year(s):
2004
200320022001200020001999 Summary:
This research will investigate: A) the physical and chemical characteristics of permafrost in the Mackenzie Delta region to identify areas of ice-rich permafrost or thaw sensitive terrain. Second; B) the effect of permafrost degradation on water quality...
Principal Investigator:Povey, Andrew Licensed Year(s):2004
2003
2002 Summary:
These terrestrial studies will include vegetation and soils investigations. The primary goals are to classify vegetation, landforms, soils and permafrost in the project area, to identify locations of rare plants and uncommon plant communities, and to co...
Principal Investigator:Povey, Andrew Licensed Year(s):20052004
2003
2002 Summary:
These terrestrial studies will include vegetation and soils investigations. The primary goals are to classify vegetation, landforms, soils and permafrost in the project area, to identify locations of rare plants and uncommon plant communities, and to co...
Principal Investigator:Povey, Andrew Licensed Year(s):20052004
2003
2002 Summary:
These terrestrial studies will include vegetation and soils investigations. The primary goals are to classify vegetation, landforms, soils and permafrost in the project area, to identify locations of rare plants and uncommon plant communities in the pro...