NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Thomas, Don
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To collect data on late winter habitats and diets of carioub on the Boothia Peninsula for pipeline assessments; to determine how long productivity rates can remain at low levels on Melville and Prince Patrick Islands; to examine growth indices of arctic willow and their relationship to past productivity of caribou; to make management of insular and near insular populations of caribou easier and mo...

Principal Investigator: Stephansson, S.E.
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: Migratory bird studies in connection with the Arctic Island sPipeline Project (Resolute to the Manitoba-NWT border); Wager Bay raptor study; Widlife land use surveys in the area bounded within Yellowknife, Coppermine and Bathurst Inlet; waterfowl studies on Mills Lake and Beaver Lake (Fort Providence area); and smaller migratory bird projects that occur from time to time throughout the Northwest T...

Principal Investigator: Fischer, Charles
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To carry out caribou habitat studies in the Southern District of Keewatin, Boothia Peninsula and Somerset, Cornwallis, Bathurst, Melville Islands in District of Franklin....

Principal Investigator: Gill, D.
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: Deltaic geomorphology and fluvial environments will be mapped and studied, sedimentation studies will be done and samples taken for laboratory analysis. Vegetation will be mapped and categorized as to terrestrial, wetland and aquatic. Small mammal trapping, to determine species composition and their use of various vegetation types. Similar field observations will be made on the habitats of delt...

Principal Investigator: Fuller, W.
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: Continued research into the habitat, population fluctuations, aging, size and growth of small mammals (Clethrionomys gapperi) in the subarctic....

Principal Investigator: Eedy, William
Licensed Year(s): 1976
Summary: To carry out an aerial survey of large mammals and ground and air searches for grizzly bear and wolf denning sites....

Principal Investigator: Van Eyk, Dorothy
Licensed Year(s): 1976
Summary: Classification and mapping of plant communities and determination of the utilization of these habitats by birds and mammals....

Principal Investigator: Van Camp, Jack
Licensed Year(s): 1976
Summary: To locate areas of potential conflict between pipline related activities and late winter ungulate habitat by carrying out aerial and ground surveys....

Principal Investigator: Russell, Dick
Licensed Year(s): 1975
Summary: Habitat studies on Prince of Wales and Somerset Islands....

Principal Investigator: Peden, Don
Licensed Year(s): 1975
Summary: Study of the food habits, nutrition and range carrying capacity in the area of the Hook Lake bison range....