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Catalogue Entry: Purple Loosestrife - Prince Edward Island
Purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) is an alien invasive species that is considered a threat to wetland plant community biodiversity. In PEI National Park, annual monitoring...-
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Catalogue Entry: Forest Composition - Prince Edward Island
Forest canopy or over-story species composition provides useful information on forest tree species present at the stand and landscape level. Much of PEI National Park’s forest...-
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Catalogue Entry: Infrastructure Footprint - Prince Edward Island
The removal and restoration of outdated infrastructure has been an ongoing since 2009, with formal tracking and monitoring for forest and coastal ecosystems starting in 2014....-
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Catalogue Entry: Water Temperature - Prince Edward Island
Water temperature is considered a key ecosystem driver in freshwater ponds and streams of PEI National Park. American eel and Eastern Brook trout have been chosen for evaluating...-
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Catalogue Entry: Wetland Hydrology - Prince Edward Island
Hydrological inputs and outputs determine water depth, flow patterns, and duration and frequency of flooding. The seasonal pattern of changes in a wetland’s water level is...-
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Catalogue Entry: Stream Hydrology - Prince Edward Island
Hydrological patterns determine water depth, flow intensity, duration, and frequency of flooding, as well as low flow periods. Water levels in streams are not considered stable,...-
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Catalogue Entry: Invasive Species Composite - Prince Edward Island
Existing invasive exotic species and the potential introduction of new invasive species pose a threat to forest biodiversity and function. The PEI National Park invasive species...-
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Catalogue Entry: Annual Decay Rates - Prince Edward Island
Annual decay rates in soil humus are monitored in 12 permanent forest plots within PEI National Park using year-to-year dry weight losses of standardized wood pieces (tongue...-
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Catalogue Entry: Key Tree Index - Prince Edward Island
In PEI National Park tree health and growth are monitored in 20 long-term permanent forest monitoring plots. These plots were established in 2006 in mature white spruce forests...-
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Catalogue Entry: Stream Benthic Invertebrates - Prince Edward Island
Stream benthic invertebrates are important indicators of aquatic health and have been monitored in PEI National Park to assess community diversity as well as abundance of...-
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Catalogue Entry: Wetland Plant Bloom Period - Prince Edward Island
Plant Watch is a national program which has been incorporated into ecological integrity monitoring in PEI National Park. The program adds to understanding of how common plant...-
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Catalogue Entry: Forest Plant Bloom Period - Prince Edward Island
Plant Watch is a national program which has been incorporated into ecological integrity monitoring in PEI National Park. The program adds to understanding of how common plant...-
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Catalogue Entry: Coastal Species at Risk - Prince Edward Island
The sustainability of species at risk is an important assessment of ecosystem biodiversity. The status of each threatened species can infer how well an ecosystem is functioning...-
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Catalogue Entry: Plains Bison - Prince Albert
Annual aerial surveys are conducted along transects in late February to monitor the size of the Sturgeon River Plains Bison population, one of the few wild populations remaining...-
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Catalogue Entry: Water Quality - Prince Albert
Water quality data is based around two of the largest lakes in Prince Albert National Park – Kingsmere and Waskesiu. Data is collected monthly from May through September each...-
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Catalogue Entry: Rangeland Health - Prince Albert
Rangeland health takes multiple ecosystem components into account and reflects overall ecosystem function. Forest and grassland sites are scored on criteria such as plant...-
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Catalogue Entry: Forest Area Burned - Prince Albert
This dataset identifies the location and area burned for fires within the current Prince Albert National Park boundary. All fires over 2 ha from 1930--2017 are included and...-
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Catalogue Entry: Bird Diversity and Abundance - Prince Albert
Avian point counts are conducted annually by collecting and transcribing acoustic recordings. Recording stations are located along 11 transects, and are visited on mornings...-
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Catalogue Entry: Pelican and Cormorant Abundance and Mortality - Prince Albert
Counts of nesting pelicans and cormorants at the Lavallee Lake colony are conducted each spring via aerial photography, and mortality is counted each fall by walking transects...-
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Catalogue Entry: Forest Loss - Gwaii Haanas
Forest loss is monitored annually in Gwaii Haanas with remote sensing, where forest loss is defined as a change from forest to non-forest state over a period of time. Forest...-
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