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Forest Loss - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
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... Read more -
Water Quality - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Water Quality is measured annually in both streams and lakes in Gwaii Haanas. Many water quality parameters are collected and they can be grouped into three categories: (1)... Read more -
Breeding seabirds - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Gwaii Haanas has partnered with ECCC to monitor a set of permanent plots mapping colony structure and burrow occupancy rate by excavating samples of burrows of Ancient Murrelet... Read more -
Western Toad - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Annual visual surveys are used to assess annual occupancy of breeding western toads at 10 known breeding ponds. Because of their reliance on wetland habitat for breeding,... Read more -
Forest Understory Structure - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
The forest understory vegetation community is a key ecosystem component of Haida Gwaii forests. Understory plants provide food for native fauna (bears, birds etc.), structure... Read more -
Non-native mammals - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Non-native mammal species are monitored annually in areas critical for the protection important seabird islands. Remote cameras are deployed for 15-days to annually detect any... Read more -
Stream Benthic Invertebrates %EPT - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
The EPT index measures the proportion of freshwater organisms belonging to the taxa Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera (or EPT for short). These species are considered to be... Read more -
Black Oystercatcher - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Black Oystercatcher breeding success is estimated by visually surveying known breeding habitat in key areas of Gwaii Haanas. Surveys are conducted twice a year during breeding... Read more -
Invasive Plants - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Areas with high potential for exotic introductions are monitored annually for new growth and new plants are treated as necessary. -
Coastal Process - Erosion and Accretion - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Using permanent transects, geo indicators are tracked annually to monitor the effects of long term erosion and deposition processes and significant erosional events to... Read more -
Stream Benthic Invertebrate Richness - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
The richness of benthic macro-invertebrate species is used to monitor the overall health of stream ecosystems in Gwaii Haanas. Any shifts in community composition, initially... Read more -
Rock ptarmigan population size - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Island of Newfoundland is home to the most southerly population of Rock Ptarmigan in North America and is the only place where the subspecies Lagopus mutus welchi can be... Read more -
Snowbed meltout phenology - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Late snowbeds afford critical habitat for many species of Arctic and alpine plants in Gros Morne National Park. Temperature loggers are being anchored at ground level within the... Read more -
Density of moose - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Introduced Moose, lacking natural predators in Gros Morne, are causing widespread damage in park forests. Park-wide Moose density will be monitored using aerial surveys and... Read more -
Stream thermal regime - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Stream thermal regime has important consequences for aquatic organisms, and is sensitive to climate and land use. The Park is monitoring thermal regimes at 10 sites annually... Read more -
Understory woody plant diversity - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Intensive moose browsing appears to have led to a large reduction in woody plant abundance and diversity in Gros Morne National Park mature forests.This measure assess the... Read more -
Salmonid counting fence - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Atlantic salmon are an ecologically and culturally important species in healthy aquatic systems of western Newfoundland. This measure determines the status and trend, over a 10... Read more -
Estuarine Index of Biotic Integrity - Kouchibouguac Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) is a valuable multi-metric approach to assess the integrity of fish assemblages in aquatic ecosystems. The purpose of the estuarine IBI... Read more -
Inventory of active beaver colonies - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Beavers are important ecosystem architects, creating wetland habitats, thickets and meadows by damming streams and cutting down woody vegetation along stream banks. This measure... Read more -
Forest bird biodiversity in winter - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Birds are an important component of the biodiversity of boreal forests and bird populations can serve as a useful measure of forest health. The monitoring of winter forest bird... Read more