NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: d'Entremont, Marc
Licensed Year(s): 2024 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5886. Through the development and establishment of a terrestrial lichen transplant and monitoring program, the project aims to meet the following objectives: • Objective 1: Enhance boreal caribou winter forage in the areas that were impacted by past mining activities in the Pine Point area by transplanting terrestrial lic...

Principal Investigator: Cassar, Nicolas
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5273. This project will collect lichen, bryophyte (moss, liverwort and hornwort) and soil samples from Dundas Peninsula and north Banks Island while traveling on the French ecotourism ship Le Commandant Charcot during a cruise through the Northwest Passage from Iceland to Alaska. The project will be carried out opportunisti...

Principal Investigator: Boa-Antwi, Kofi
Licensed Year(s): 2021
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5016. The goal of this project is to determine whether dust generated from mining activities is causing a measurable change in dust deposition to and/or metals uptake in lichen closer to and further from the mine. If a significant difference in uptake is noted closer to versus further from the mine, a health risk assessment...

Principal Investigator: d'Entremont, Marc
Licensed Year(s): 2020 2019 2018
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4630. In 2015-2016, the Deninu Kue First Nation (DKFN) and LGL Limited completed a traditional use study on boreal caribou habitat and habitat use that incorporated traditional knowledge and scientific information in the identification of foraging habitat for boreal caribou in the South Slave region of the Northwest Territo...

Principal Investigator: Doubt, Jennifer
Licensed Year(s): 2018
Summary: The objective is to increase knowledge of bryophytes (e.g., mosses, liverworts) and (incidentally, where possible) lichens in the Northwest Territories. Waterfall areas can offer a wide diversity of microhabitats (featuring a large variety of substrates, moisture and light levels, and exposures) within a relatively small area. Bryophyte species and communities are often associated with specific...

Principal Investigator: Graham, Mark S
Licensed Year(s): 2017
Summary: The goal of this work is to assemble a representative collection of marine invertebrates, vascular plants, lichens, mosses, liverworts and aquatic, microscopic algae for research and educational purposes at the national museum (the Canadian Museum of Nature). Specimens will be used in ongoing research projects at the Canadian Museum of Nature, focused on the biodiversity of the vascular plant, lic...

Principal Investigator: Scharnagl, Klara
Licensed Year(s): 2017
Summary: The objectives at Scotty Creek in the Northwest Territories of Canada is to get a high latitudinal point for the field sampling study. Many latitudinal gradient studies overlook the boreal and tundra ecosystems, yet they are host to a rich lichen flora. The Principal Investigator (PI) will survey lichen diversity at Scotty Creek, contributing to local knowledge in addition to the understanding of ...

Principal Investigator: Naeth, M. Anne
Licensed Year(s): 2017 2016 2015 2014 2009 2008 2005
Summary: The overall research goal is to determine appropriate methods to restore disturbed sites at Diavik Diamond Mine to productive and sustainable tundra communities following mine closure. There are three main research areas 1) building suitable reclamation substrates for plant establishment and growth, 2) methods of collection and propagation of locally common native plant and lichen species, and 3) ...

Principal Investigator: Wells, David A
Licensed Year(s): 2013 2010 2005
Summary: The aim of this research project is to determine whether dust generated from mining activities is causing a measurable change in dust deposition to and/or metals uptake in lichen closer to and further from the mine. If a significant difference in uptake is noted closer to versus further from the mine, a health risk assessment to caribou may be conducted to determine risks associated with consumpti...

Principal Investigator: Graf, Linda H
Licensed Year(s): 2007 2006
Summary: The objective of the vegetation study is to continue to record baseline information on lichen health and productivity which may then be used to monitor impacts as a result of construction and operation activities in the proposed Parsons Lake development area. These studies are a continuation of those conducted previously in summer and fall of 2006. The study will link to caribou monito...