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Beaver abundance & distribution - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park measures beaver abundance and distribution every three years in the fall using aerial surveys to count beaver food caches. -
Lake water quality - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Elk Island National Park monitors the lake water quality annually in two lakes by measuring parameters such as: nutrients, heavy metals, major ions, physical... Read more -
Avian diversity & abundance - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Forest birds in Elk Island National Park are surveyed annually along 24 established routes, with 4 stations along each route. The stations are spaced 400-600 meters apart.... Read more -
Rangeland health assessments- Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Elk Island National Park monitors the functions and health of grassland and forest ecosystems that are influenced by herbivory. This includes monitoring vegetation... Read more -
Grassland primary productivity - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park monitors primary productivity to determine the health of grassland vegetation throughout the park. This measure relies on remotely-sensed multispectral... Read more -
Forest primary productivity - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park monitors primary productivity to determine the health of forest vegetation throughout the park. This measure relies on remotely-sensed multispectral... Read more -
Forest area burned - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park uses the Area Burned Condition Class (ABCC) method to evaluate the ecological impact of fire on the landscape and the success of utilizing fire to... Read more -
Open water areal extent and distribution - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park monitors spatial changes to open water features throughout the park. This measure relies on an unsupervised classification of remotely-sensed... Read more -
Forest vegetation community areal extent and distribution - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park uses land cover classification to determine spatial changes of forest vegetation throughout the park. This measure relies on a supervised classification... Read more -
Grassland vegetation community areal extent and distribution - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park uses land cover classification to determine spatial changes of grassland vegetation throughout the park. This measure relies on a supervised... Read more -
Seabirds - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This set of data contains the results of the various breeding seabird inventories conducted at Forillon National Park. Seabirds are recognized as good indicators of the quality... Read more -
Beaver - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset focuses on monitoring beaver colonies in Forillon National Park. Beavers have a major influence on aquatic ecosystems in the park. Monitoring fluctuations in this... Read more -
Pinnipeds - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset covers the census of pinnipeds (harbour and grey seals) that frequent the waters of Forillon National Park. Grey and harbour seals are two top predators in the food... Read more -
Plant_phenology - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset focuses on monitoring plant phenology. It serves to verify the variation in time of flowering and leafing dates of different species and to measure the impact of... Read more -
Fish Communities - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset covers electrofishing efforts in 11 streams or rivers in Forillon National Park since 2008. The abundance, size structure and condition of the fish in a brook trout... Read more -
Carnivore situation - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset covers the status of carnivores. It is known that some carnivores, such as the American marten (Martes americana), fisher (Pekania pennanti) and Canada lynx (Lynx... Read more -
Forest stands - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset focuses on the status of forest stands and is used to monitor changes in this ecosystem, which makes up 95% of the Park. Considering the area’s history of logging,... Read more -
Eelgrass Beds - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset concerns monitoring of the Penouille eelgrass beds. Because of the ecological importance not only of eelgrass beds, but also of the animal communities they support,... Read more -
Benthic Invertebrate Communities - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset covers the monitoring of benthic invertebrate communities in 11 streams or rivers in Forillon National Park since 2007. The sampling methods and techniques used for... Read more -
Forest_stands - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This dataset focuses on the status of forest stands and is used to monitor changes in this ecosystem, which makes up 95% of the Park. Considering the area’s history of logging,... Read more