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Catalogue Entry: Growing degree days-Vuntut
Tundra is an important ecosystem in Vuntut National Park. It covers approximately 56% of the park and is used extensively by the Porcupine Caribou Herd during it’s spring and...-
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Catalogue Entry: Snow Cover Duration - Tundra - Vuntut
Permafrost and snow are critical to the ecology of many northern ecosystems. They influence hydrology and vegetation and can dramatically affect the quality of wildlife habitat....-
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Catalogue Entry: Snow Cover Duration - Wetlands - Vuntut
Permafrost and snow are critical to the ecology of many northern ecosystems. They influence hydrology and vegetation and can dramatically affect the quality of wildlife habitat....-
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Catalogue Entry: Porcupine Caribou Herd-population size-Vuntut
The Porcupine Caribou Herd is a population of barren-ground caribou whose range includes the northern Yukon, Alaska and the Northwest Territories. It is one of the largest...-
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Catalogue Entry: Peregrine falcon nesting site occupancy-Vuntut
Peregrine falcons are found in many regions of the northern Yukon including Vuntut National Park. These birds have the important role of top predator and are known to respond to...-
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Catalogue Entry: Beaver Abundance - Riding Mountain
Beavers are a key component of the Riding Mountain National Park ecosystems. The park surveys active beaver food caches by air in 30 habitat blocks every 3 years. These surveys...-
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Catalogue Entry: Moose Abundance - Riding Mountain
Moose in Riding Mountain National Park are affected by hunting, predator population numbers, winter severity, and disease. Riding Mountain National Park conducts annual aerial...-
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Catalogue Entry: Wolf Abundance - Riding Mountain
The wolf population in Riding Mountain National Park is monitored through track counts that are conducted each winter according to methods established by Canadian Wildlife...-
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Catalogue Entry: Elk Abundance - Riding Mountain
Elk abundance and population composition are assessed annually during an aerial survey conducted between mid-January and mid-February. The elk population composition is measured...-
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Catalogue Entry: Fire Regime - Riding Mountain
The integrity of fire-dependent forest types will be maintained through prescribed burns. The park's fire management program uses remote sensing to monitor post-burn changes on...-
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Catalogue Entry: Clear Lake Water Quality - Riding Mountain
The park monitors water quality on Clear Lake by sampling total phosphorus, Chlorophyll-a, oxygen consumption in the hypolimnion, and mean total phosphorus in the inflow...-
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Catalogue Entry: Lake and Stream Trophic State Index - Riding Mountain
This measure monitors the trophic state (primary productivity) of six selected lakes, and four selected streams, in order to collect baseline data on processes fundamental to...-
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Catalogue Entry: Odonata - Prince Edward Island
Odonata monitoring is conducted in four shallow water ponds within the wetland ecosystems of PEI National Park. Park staff collect exuviae (the remains of aquatic larval stage...-
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Catalogue Entry: Coastal Erosion - Prince Edward Island
Coastal erosion is the process that removes shoreline material, causing the coastline to retreat inland. The coastal landscape of Prince Edward Island is identified as a region...-
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Catalogue Entry: Nearshore Ice - Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island with its sandstone bedrock and dynamic sandy beaches is very sensitive to the effects of sea-level rise. The north shore of PEI National Park is exposed to...-
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Catalogue Entry: Wetland Productivity - Prince Edward Island
Seasonal flooding and water retention within low lying areas or areas associated with water drainage pathways creates unique and productive habitat within the landscape. The...-
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Catalogue Entry: Bank Swallows - Prince Edward Island
The abundance of bank swallow (Riparia riparia) nest holes within cliff and bank habitats along PEI National Park coastline is monitored. Previously, large historical colonies...-
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Catalogue Entry: Dune Integrity - Prince Edward Island
Dune systems are key features in protecting assets, land, and ecosystems behind them from the effects of storm surges, wave action, salt spray, as well as preventing salt water...-
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Catalogue Entry: Pond Productivity - Prince Edward Island
PEI National Park samples Chlorophyll-a to measure aquatic productivity in four freshwater ponds. The sampling is carried out on an hourly basis between May-October each year...-
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Catalogue Entry: Fish Community - Prince Edward Island
Freshwater ponds are monitored annually for fish species diversity and American eel abundance (catch per unit effort, or CUE), and American eel total length. Hoop traps and gee-...-
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