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Mealy Mountain Caribou Monitoring Update
Event
Event Date and Time
September 10th, 2020 at 10:00am AST to September 10th, 2020 at 11:00am AST
Organization
Join Sara McCarthy, the Ecosystem Management Ecologist for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Wildlife Division, for a public presentation on the results of recent monitoring of the Mealy...
Mealy Mountain Tuktu Knowledge Project
Project
Organization:
In order to better understand Inuit relationships to the Mealy Mountain (MM) herd, the long-term impacts of the hunting ban, and strategies for caribou management moving forward, this research...
Measurements of Cesium in Arctic Beluga and Caribou Before and After the Fukushima Accident of 2011
Resource
Concern from northern communities following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident of March 2011 has prompted a reassessment of the safety of their traditional foods with respect to radioactivity...
Mercury in Seaweed - Inuktitut
Resource
This two-page plain language summary in Inuktitut talks about mercury in seaweed and other food eaten by caribou in the Qamanirjuaq herd. A longer, English report on this study is also available. An...
Mercury in Seaweed, Lichens and Mushrooms from the Home Range of the Qamanirjuaq Caribou
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Qamanirjuaq caribou have higher mercury concentrations than many other Arctic caribou herds. Usually, caribou get most of their mercury from lichens, but local elders described the Qamanirjuaq caribou...
Monitoring of the Torngat Mountains Caribou Herd
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Project Description: Inuit of Nunavik and Nunatsiavut have long known that a small caribou population was living year-round in the Torngat Mountains. Recognizing its unique status, the Committee on...
On the Use of Mulching to Mitigate Permafrost Thaw due to Linear Disturbances in Sub-Arctic Peatlands
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The presence or absence of permafrost strongly influences the hydrology and ecology of northern watersheds. Resource exploration activities are currently having profound effects on hydrological and...
Paleolimnological Assessment of Past Hydro-ecological Variation at a Shallow Hardwater Lake in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region Before Potential Onset of Industrial Development
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Effective environmental monitoring requires knowledge of inherent natural variation. In the absence of pre-development monitoring of aquatic ecosystems, paleolimnological approaches have been...
Plain Language Summary: Mercury in Seaweed, Lichens and Mushrooms from the Home Range of the Qamanirjuaq Caribou
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The Qamanirjuaq caribou have higher mercury concentrations than some other caribou in the Arctic. Usually, caribou get most of the mercury they eat from lichens, but at community meetings in Kivalliq...
Predicting Patterns of Terrestrial Lichen Biomass Recovery Following Boreal Wildfires
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New allometric equations to estimate lichen biomass from field measurements of lichen cover and height; allometries were consistent among ecoprovinces, suggesting generalizability
Relationships between Rangifer and Indigenous Well-being in the North American Arctic and Subarctic: A Review Based on the Academic Published Literature
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
Report to the Hunters of the Ahiak Caribou – Feb 2019
Resource
The Northern Contaminants Program monitors contaminants in Arctic Caribou in Canada. To view this report in Inuktitut, click here. Related Herds: Ahiak This resource and others can be found on the...
Report to the Hunters of the Bluenose West Caribou – Feb 2019
Resource
The Northern Contaminants Program monitors contaminants in Arctic Caribou in Canada. Related Herds: Barren-ground, Bluenose West This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada...
Report to the Hunters of the Dolphin and Union Herd - 2019 - Inuktitut
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Two-page summary report to hunters of the Dolphin and Union caribou herd on research into contaminants in the herd. Related Herds: Dolphin and Union This resource and others can be found on the...
Report to the Hunters of the Kivalliq Region Contaminants in Qamanirjuaq Caribou – September 2017
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With the help of local hunters, we have been taking kidney, liver and muscle samples of Qamanirjuaq caribou since 2006. We collect these samples to study changes in the amount of contaminants such as...
Report to the Hunters of the Kivalliq Region Contaminants in Qamanirjuaq Caribou – September 2017 - Inuktitiut
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With the help of local hunters, we have been taking kidney, liver and muscle samples of Qamanirjuaq caribou since 2006. We collect these samples to study changes in the amount of contaminants such as...
Report to the Hunters of the Lorillard Caribou – May 2020
Resource
A brief report from the Northern Contaminants Program on contaminants in the Lorillard herd. The animals were sampled in 2018. The report concludes, "Although it is difficult to come to any firm...