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Snow Cover Duration - Wetlands - Vuntut Canada Open Gov Dataset
Permafrost and snow are critical to the ecology of many northern ecosystems. They influence hydrology and vegetation and can dramatically affect the quality of wildlife habitat.... Read more -
Peregrine falcon nesting site occupancy-Vuntut Canada Open Gov Dataset
Peregrine falcons are found in many regions of the northern Yukon including Vuntut National Park. These birds have the important role of top predator and are known to respond to... Read more -
Beaver Abundance - Riding Mountain Canada Open Gov Dataset
Beavers are a key component of the Riding Mountain National Park ecosystems. The park surveys active beaver food caches by air in 30 habitat blocks every 3 years. These surveys... Read more -
Moose Abundance - Riding Mountain Canada Open Gov Dataset
Moose in Riding Mountain National Park are affected by hunting, predator population numbers, winter severity, and disease. Riding Mountain National Park conducts annual aerial... Read more -
Wolf Abundance - Riding Mountain Canada Open Gov Dataset
The wolf population in Riding Mountain National Park is monitored through track counts that are conducted each winter according to methods established by Canadian Wildlife... Read more -
Elk Abundance - Riding Mountain Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk abundance and population composition are assessed annually during an aerial survey conducted between mid-January and mid-February. The elk population composition is measured... Read more -
Fire Regime - Riding Mountain Canada Open Gov Dataset
The integrity of fire-dependent forest types will be maintained through prescribed burns. The park's fire management program uses remote sensing to monitor post-burn changes on... Read more -
Clear Lake Water Quality - Riding Mountain Canada Open Gov Dataset
The park monitors water quality on Clear Lake by sampling total phosphorus, Chlorophyll-a, oxygen consumption in the hypolimnion, and mean total phosphorus in the inflow... Read more -
Coastal Erosion - Prince Edward Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Coastal erosion is the process that removes shoreline material, causing the coastline to retreat inland. The coastal landscape of Prince Edward Island is identified as a region... Read more -
Wetland Productivity - Prince Edward Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Seasonal flooding and water retention within low lying areas or areas associated with water drainage pathways creates unique and productive habitat within the landscape. The... Read more -
Infrastructure Footprint - Prince Edward Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
The removal and restoration of outdated infrastructure has been an ongoing since 2009, with formal tracking and monitoring for forest and coastal ecosystems starting in 2014.... Read more -
Subalpine - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
The subalpine zone of Haida Gwaii occurs between an elevation of 600 to 800m. Permanent plots are monitored every 5 years to detect any changes to the structure and composition... Read more -
Songbirds - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
Gwaii Haanas evaluates changes to forest breeding songbird occupancy and diversity annually. Point counts are conducted using Acoustic Recording Units (ARUs) at permanent... Read more -
Marbled Murrelet - Gwaii Haanas Canada Open Gov Dataset
In partnership with ECCC, Gwaii Haanas monitors five Marbled Murrelet colonies by using a radar station located offshore. As birds fly out to the ocean at dawn, and return at... Read more -
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