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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 -
Arctic hare population size - Gros Morne Canada Open Gov Dataset
On insular Newfoundland, the Arctic Hare reaches the southernmost limit of their distribution and are typically found in mountainous areas where elevation and climate have... Read more -
Bog Dynamics - Kouchibouguac Canada Open Gov Dataset
Peatlands are valuable ecosystems due to their critical ecological functions, however these sensitive habitats are vulnerable to various anthropogenic (e.g., peat-moss... Read more -
Water Quality - Kouchibouguac Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) has designed a Water Quality Index (WQI) to translate complex water quality data into an overall integrated score... Read more -
Forest Songbirds - Kouchibouguac Canada Open Gov Dataset
Songbirds are indicators of habitat conditions within forest or bog ecosystems, as these species have a high level of specialisation to various ecological niches and are... Read more -
River Otter - Kouchibouguac Canada Open Gov Dataset
River otters (Lontra canadensis) are semi-aquatic mammalian predators closely associated to freshwater resources but also linked to terrestrial habitat features, at the aquatic-... Read more -
Piping Plover - Kouchibouguac Canada Open Gov Dataset
The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small endangered shorebird listed under the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA). This species uses ocean shorelines as breeding... Read more -
Salmon Thermal Stress - Kouchibouguac Canada Open Gov Dataset
The influence of water temperature on the ecology of aquatic organisms with optimal thermal ranges is quite substantial, as these regimes regulate activity, growth, survival,... Read more -
Common Tern Colony - Kouchibouguac Canada Open Gov Dataset
The second largest concentration of common terns (Sterna hirundo) in North America is found on Tern Islands, a set of three small barrier islands separated by water at high tide... Read more -
Mammal Occurrence - Banff Canada Open Gov Dataset
Motion-detection cameras are a cost-effective and non-invasive tool used in Banff National Park for sampling mammal populations and estimating species occurrence. Occupancy... Read more