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Team LeaderTeam Leader::W.F. VincentW.F. Vincent
Coordinators:Coordinators:Milla Rautio &Milla Rautio &Christine BarnardChristine Barnard
ASM 2005 – Theme 2
ArcticNet Annual Science Meeting, Banff, Dec 14-16 2005
Theme 2 Research Sites2005
ACIA projections of climate change
1990s to 2090s, polar projection
Nunavik Forest-tundra
Tundra & thermokarst lakesBylot IslandNunavut
Ellesmere IslandNunavutPolar Desert Ecosystems
Theme 2: Terrestrial Arctic
1. Wildlife & food diversity (PL: D. Berteaux)
2. Water & climate indicators (PL: W Vincent)
3. Emerging diseases (PL: B. Lévesque)
4. Permafrost & landscape stability (PL: M. Allard)
5. Culture and self-determination (PL: M. Nuttall)
6. Tundra & Health (PL: G. Henry)
Local Ecological Knowledge andArctic Wildlife Management
Case Studies of Migratory Birds
Grant GilchristCarlton University &Canadian Wildlife Service
Theme 2.1 Wildlife
Research highlight:Timing of eider duck reproduction along a South-North latitudinal gradient:New study site started north of Devon
Predicted Range Limitbased on 380 Growing
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Current (dark dots) and predicted (red dots) beaver abundance across Quebec in 2040-2069 based on Projected Growing Degree Days
Research highlight: Predicted southern influences on the Canadian Arctic wildlife
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Theme 2.1 Wildlife
Theme 2.2 Water & Climate
Ward Hunt Island Observatoryat the northern limit of Nunavut
Quttinirpaaq National Park
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2005 Highlight
Parks CanadaCENULavalMcMasterUQTRMcGillU of Alaska
Queens (2.4)S. Lamoureux
Theme 2: Past Climates
Ice core analysisMartin SharpUniversity of Alberta
2005 Highlight
University of Copenhagen
Theme 2.2 Water & Climate
DRINKING WATER
ArcticNetNasivvikINSPQ CHUL/CHUQ
2005 HighlightDrinking Water QualityReport to the mayors of14 communities in NunavikMartin et al. (2005)
Nunavik Inuit Health SurveyNunavik Inuit Health Survey
Theme 2.3 Health
Theme 2.3 Health
2005 Highlight: Serological analyses
• Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec(Brucella sp., Francisella tularensis, Coxiellaburnetii, Leptospira sp.)
• McGill University Tropical Diseases Centre (Trichinella, Toxocara canis, Echinicoccusgranulosus)
• Montréal General Hospital, McGill University (Toxoplasma gondii)
Theme 2.3 Health
2005 Highlight: Prevalence and incidence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women in Nunavik – Database development
• Merging of five databases: with SAS and manually
• A unique database including mothers, their children in chronological order and serology results for each pregnancy;
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Theme 2.4 Permafrost
2005 Highlight:
Axel Heiberg Met Station Network
Theme 2.4 Permafrost
ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE : Roads & Runways
Theme 2.4 Permafrost
2005 HighlightSurvey of ground instabilityin Nunavik affecting construction
Theme 2.5 Culture
2005 Highlight
Case studies related to current and anticipated effects of climate and other environmental change:
1) Examination of project to develop natural environmental parks in Nunavik
2) Examination of the effects of climate change on harvesting activities carried out by Inuit women in Nunavik
Theme 2.5 Culture
2005 Highlights
• Overview of social impacts caused by resource development projects in Nunavik
• Comprehensive analysis of wildlife policies in Nunavut
• Community participation in contaminant-wildlife research
• Consultations with Inuit Elders towards Integration of TEK in park management
• Analysis of Inuit involvement in EIA public hearings
Theme 2.6 Tundra
• Vegetation structure & processes2005 Highlight: Completion ofa long term vegetation experimentCo-authorship of a PNAS synthesis.
• Tundra lakes & greenhouse gases2005 Highlight: Observations ofsupersaturated CO2 and CH4
• Contaminants across the tundra:2005 Highlight: Ship-basedmeasurements in 2005
Theme 2.6 Tundra
Highlight 2005:100 dendrometersinstalled to assesswater supply for hydroelectric power
Tree-ring analysis
Theme 2 IRIS WorkshopQuébec City, Nov 4-5, 2005
Climate Change
Arctic Climate Impact ManagementMitigation, Adaptation, Models, Indicators, Predictors
Abiotic Systems
Paleo-indicators
Climatestations
Permafrost,landscapes
Biotic Systems
Lakes AnimalsVegetation,water, ice
snow
Human systems
Health Social systems
2.2; 2.6 2.1; 2.2; 2.4; 2.6 2.4 2.2; 2.6 2.1; 2.3; 2.5 2.6
2.1; 2.2; 2.3 2.5
Theme 2 IRIS: Terrestrial Eastern Canadian Arctic
Theme 2 IRIS WorkshopQuébec City, Nov 4-5, 2005
Multiple linkstoThemes 1,3 & 4
ArcticNet IRIS WorkshopSteps toward an ArcticNet Database
Canadian Cryospheric Information Network
file:///C:/ArcticNet/meta_project/level.htm
Theme 2.6 Tundra
Adaptation to Change in the Terrestrial Arctic
T2 - IRISLandscapesEcosystemsWaterPeople