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Wetland Plant Community Structure - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Plant community structure is measured at 16 sites within the park on a four-year schedule. A series of five 2x2 metre quadrats are completed at each site with percent cover of... Read more -
Coastal Eelgrass Spatial Extent - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
The park is developing a protocol to monitor the extent of eelgrass beds through remote sensing. -
Stream Invertebrate Taxa Richness - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park employs a kicknet sampling procedure to monitor the species richness and relative species abundance of stream invertebrates. Streams chosen for sampling... Read more -
Beavers - Active Lodges/Dams - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
The park employs aerial surveys to map active beaver lodges/dams in Terra Nova. A selection of sites are ground-thruthed on foot or by canoe. -
Coastal Greater Yellowlegs Abundance - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park conducts weekly shorebird surveys during August and early September in order to monitor the abundance of Greater Yellowlegs and other shorebird species. Read more -
Wetland Plant Taxa Richness - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park monitors wetland plant richness at 30 randomly selected plots along a 80 meter transect. -
Balsam fir density - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
This measure includes monitoring of browsing impacts of non-native mammals on populations of the balsam fir populations at 30 randomly selected plots. This measure records... Read more -
Fish thermal stress - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park employs fixed station pressure/temperature loggers to continuously monitor stream water temperatures over the entire summer at designated stream study... Read more -
Intertidal Community Similarity - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park monitors intertidal invertebrate communities using a line transect and quadrat sampling method. The survey focusses on invertebrate community... Read more -
Forest Decay Rate - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park monitors annual decay rate by measuring decomposition of tongue depressors buried within randomly selected Balsam Fir and Black Spruce plots. Read more -
Pond Angling Stress - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
The park monitors angling stress in several ponds (lakes) in Terra Nova with Fyke nets. Angling stress is assesed against calculated values of fish biomass and fish condition... Read more -
Lizard Creek (LIZ009) Columbia Basin Water Hub Dataset
Water samples and temperature readings are taken at Lizard Creek (LIZ009) a kilometer upstream of its intersection with the Elk River, as part of the Elk River Alliance's... Read more -
Intertidal Invasive Species - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park monitors crab populations for the presence of the invasive European Green Crab; the abundance of native Rock Crab is also monitored. Park personnel uses... Read more -
Wetland Anthropogenic Footprint - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
The park maps the existing human footprint and footprint edge in Terra Nova. -
Forest change - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
The park assesses expected ranges for each land cover type: successional stages by stand type, area regenerating after natural disturbance (e.g., fire), mature forest, non-... Read more -
Stream Hydrology - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park uses fixed station stream gauges and pressure temperature loggers to monitor the following stream flow aspects: Richards-Baker index of flashiness,... Read more -
Lizard Creek (LIZ003) Columbia Basin Water Hub Dataset
Water samples and temperature readings are taken at Lizard Creek (LIZ003) near the Mount Fernie Provincial Campground as part of the Elk River Alliance's Community-based Water... Read more -
KuKa Rothera 2023 Processed Waveforms Dataset
Themes: Cryosphere
This dataset contains processed waveform data from the KuKa radar instrument from its deployment at Rothera Research Station during 2023. Data were collected over sea ice, open... Read more -
Browse Pressure - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park monitors non-native mammal browse pressure on forest plant communities on transects and plots. -
Tern Abundance - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
Terra Nova National Park censuses tern nests on 23 small islands in Newman Sound, to monitor species productivity and population dynamics.