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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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 hydrology - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Stream hydrology strongly affects habitat quality for most stream-dwelling species, and is affected by both climate and land use. This measure, which is colocated with stream... Read more -
Wetland Nutrient Status - Pitcher Plant Morphology - Terra Nova Canada Open Gov Dataset
The park correlates pitcher plant morpology with availability of atmospheric nitrogen, as the latter may affect pitcher-plant development. -
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 -
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. -
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 -
Status of herb willow in late snowbeds - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Herb willow is dominant Arctic-alpine plant in snowbeds and, being a low-growing species, could potentially be crowded out if southern species colonise these sites. Herb willow... Read more -
Advanced regeneration of balsam fir - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
Overbrowsing of balsam fir saplings by introduced moose can lead to stand conversion to non-forest. The park measures the browse rates of fir saplings in mature forest stands,... Read more -
Harlequin duck abundance - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
In eastern Canada, Harlequin ducks are uncommon and are listed by COSEWIC as a species of special concern. Resident of fast flowing-rivers and streams during the breeding... Read more