Principal Investigator:Grogan, Paul Licensed Year(s):20242023
2022
20212019 Summary:
The objectives of this research project are: 1) to determine the biogeochemical and ecological significance of our discovery that mesic tundra plant growth can be co-limited by nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P); 2) to predict the likely impacts of not just climate change, but also declining caribou and other mammalian herbivory, on tundra deciduous and evergreen shrub abundances; and, 3) to evaluate...
Principal Investigator:Kruse, Stefan Licensed Year(s):
2022
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5263.
The aim is to monitor vegetation changes in current climate warming for simulating past and future dynamics with an individual-based spatially explicit model. Therefore, the intentions are: 1) assessing stand inventories at diverse bioclimatic and environmental settings by a space-for-time approach; 2) gathering remot...
Principal Investigator:Richter, Andreas Licensed Year(s):
2022
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5246.
The main goal of the project is to understand which mechanisms are controlling soil nutrient cycling and soil-plant interactions across both permafrost thaw gradients and vegetation types. The research team are mainly interested in nutrient cycling processes and priming, as well as how microbial community composition ...
Principal Investigator:Pacholski, Laura J Licensed Year(s):
2022
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5107.
The main objectives of the field work for 2022 will be to determine if the Ekati Diamond Mine is having an effect on the surrounding aquatic environment, wildlife, and air quality, and to provide baseline data for areas where mine development may occur in the future.
In winter, water samples will be collected unde...
Principal Investigator:Hille, Erika C Licensed Year(s):
2021
2021
202020192018 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5057.
The objectives include:
1) Creating a series of maps showing the thaw slump activity along the Beaufort Sea Coast near Tuktoyaktuk; 2) Developing detailed water, vegetation, and ground temperature maps of the study sites using drones; 3) Examining the effects of thaw slumping on the water quality of landscape-level r...
Principal Investigator:Pacholski, Laura J Licensed Year(s):
2021
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4886.
The main objectives of the field work for 2021 will be to determine if the Ekati Diamond Mine is having an effect on the surrounding aquatic environment, wildlife, and air quality; and to provide baseline data for areas where mine development may occur in the future.
In winter, water samples will be collected unde...
Principal Investigator:Robinson, Cindy Licensed Year(s):
2020
2019 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4645.
In accordance with the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board (MVWLB) Guidelines, the overarching closure goal for former mine sites is to return the site and affected areas to viable, and wherever practicable, self-sustaining ecosystems that are compatible with a healthy environment and with human activities. To meet ...
Principal Investigator:Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura L. Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
The overall goal of the research is to improve understanding of the controls and impacts of a changing climate on the vulnerability and resiliency of boreal-taiga ecosystems to wildfire. This is being addressed through field sampling and process-based ecological and hydrological modeling of the 2014-2016 wildfires of southern NWT.
To conduct the proposed research, the research team will addres...
Principal Investigator:Sullivan, Grant Licensed Year(s):
2018
Summary:
The three objectives of this project are to:
1) document baseline conditions of vegetation communities and rare plant species present at the High Point site;
2) evaluate potential Project-related effects on rare plants, traditional use plants and vegetation communities within the High Point site; and,
3) develop mitigation measures to minimize or eliminate potential Project-related effects to ...
Principal Investigator:Lantz, Trevor C. Licensed Year(s):
2016
2015201420132012 Summary:
Objective 1: To use satellite imagery (Landsat, QuickBird, InSAR, etc.) to document the rate and extent of landscape change (slumps, subsidence, vegetation change, etc.) in the northern Mackenzie Basin.
To quantify landscape disturbances and vegetation regeneration patterns since 1985 the research team will obtain Landsat satellite images that will provide reflectance measurements covering a 1...