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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

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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