NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Hebert, Paul D.N.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1992
Summary: The researcher and his team will measure the amount of genetic diversity in arctic zooplankton, determine distributions and numbers of species in arctic lakes and ascertain factors limiting species distributions in the arctic....

Principal Investigator: Nicholson, Barbara
Licensed Year(s): 1992
Summary: The Researcher will map the present distribution of boreal and subarctic wetlands in the Mackenzie River Basin. Wetland vegetation and water chemistry will be described for areas immediately surrounding permanent weather stations. The ecological relationships between climate, wetland water chemistry and wetland species distribution will be analyzed. A predictive indicator model will be built to pr...

Principal Investigator: Morgan, Alan
Licensed Year(s): 1991
Summary: The Researchers will collect sediment samples. Insect fossils will be extracted and analysed. The insect communities recovered will provide an indication of the climatic conditions in the area at the time the sediments were deposited. The age of the sediments will be determined with radiocarbon or other dating methods....

Principal Investigator: Bond, W.A.
Licensed Year(s): 1991 1990 1989
Summary: Since 1989 the Department of Fisheries and Oceans have conducted trap netting studies to monitor fish movements in Wood Bay near the mouth of the Anderson River. This is the last year of this study. They will examine the movements of the Arctic cisco within Liverpool Bay....

Principal Investigator: Armstrong, Terry
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992 1991
Summary: Numbers of Brant are low relative to other Arctic geese. This research will determine the number of pairs breeding in the colony, their nesting success and brood survival rates to increase the information needed for the Arctic Goose Joint Venture of the North American Waterfowl Management Plan....

Principal Investigator: Krebs, Charles
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992 1991
Summary: The Researcher and team will continue to study collared lemmings, the most widespread mammaliam herbivore on the Canadian arctic tundra....

Principal Investigator: Gustavson, Kent
Licensed Year(s): 1991 1990
Summary: The Researcher will continue to study the distribution of phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Barrow Strait area. The herbivourous plankton species which feed on the marine algae and phytoplankton is the first step in the arctic food chain. It is the herbivorous plankton which is the source of food for other animals which ultimately provides food for all other higher arctic animals....

Principal Investigator: Richard, Pierre
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The researcher and team will continue their study to census walrus in the area of northern Hudson Bay and beluga in the area of southeast Baffin Island. Using remote sensing tools and twin otter aircraft they will census portions of the range of walrus and beluga to determine their distribution and abundance....

Principal Investigator: Morrison, R.I.G.
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: This is a continuation of a project begun in 1986 to study year to year variation in breeding densities of shorebirds. The Researcher and team will determine which species of birds breed on the islands of the Foxe Basin, which habitats they use and how their numbers change from year to year. They are also interested in producing a map of the main wildlife habitats on the islands using satellite im...

Principal Investigator: Boileau, Marc G.
Licensed Year(s): 1988 1987 1986
Summary: To investigate the ecology and population genetics of crustacean zooplankton. To study the genetic diversity of the major species of copepods and their dispersal since deglaciation. To clarify the taxonomy and improve distribution records....