cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/f1serj
title: Starting the clock on the CARMA Network: Global change impacts on human/Rangifer systems in the CircumArctic

description: CARMA is an international network of researchers, habitat specialists, climate specialists, veterinarians and disease ecologists, community representatives and management agencies who are concerned about the impacts of global change on the world's wild reindeer and caribou herds. Through the support of the International Polar Year (IPY), much of the CARMA Network monitoring activity has been focussed on health and body condition, population trends, and habitat changes of caribou in selected herds across the Arctic. An assessment of body condition provides measurable indicators for ecological monitoring, especially when monitored concurrently with assessments of parasites, disease, habitat quality, distribution, and demographic parameters. Fat and protein levels of cow caribou are considered a good integrator of seasonal environmental conditions (including infectious and parasitic disease) that relate closely to pregnancy success and calf survival. The CARMA Network has developed monitoring protocol manuals to ensure consistency in methods used to measure health and body condition and in data management. CARMA developed an extensive climate database that covers all calving, summer, fall, winter and spring ranges for CARMA¿s herds: Ahiak, Akia-Maniitsoq, Baffin Island, Bathurst, Beverly, Bluenose East, Bluenose West, Cape Bathurst, Central Arctic, Chokotka (Chukotka), George River, Hardangervidda, Iceland, Kangerlussuaq-Sisimiut, Leaf River, Lena, Porcupine, Qamanirjuaq, Southam
pton Island, Sundrun, Taimyr, Teshekpuk Lake, Western Arctic, and Yana Indigirka (Indigurka). As part of synthesis efforts, we are summarizing trends in caribou-relevant climate variables. Climate trends will be identified and related to global climate oscillations, and relevance to caribou ecology will be highlighted.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-CARMA This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/hwizzy
title: Climate variability and change (CVC) effects on char in the Arctic

description: The research project is comprised of two components: 1) investigation of char biodiversity using genetic approaches, and char life history and thermal ecology using otolith microchemistry and stable isotope techniques at several areas throughout the Canadian Arctic (western Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunavik, Nunatsiavut), thereby providing the biological context in which to place climate variability and change effects on this key resource; climate effects on mercury bioaccumulation in chars are also investigated in parallel with these studies, and 2) development of community-based monitoring programs in Sachs Harbour, Kuujjuaaq, and Nain to assess and monitor local char biodiversity, this links understanding gained from the research component directly with biodiversity observable locally by northerners. This component will be suitable for general dissemination to other northern communities as a model for developing similar local programs. A third component develops a network of char researchers and northerners to address common issues of char-climate interactions, foster information exchange, and link to other key national and international networks. Research outputs, monitoring programs, and networks will serve as lasting legacies of this IPY project.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-Arctic Char and CVC This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/tdcwxi
title: URQSUK: An integrated research program on arctic marine fat and lipids

description: Preliminary results indicate that marine fatty acids increase cardiac variability and then decrease the risk of sudden death. Until now, we have not been able to show any protective effects of n-3 fatty acids on the reduction of arterial thickness. Finally marine lipids seem to be a good protector against mental disorders especially psychological distress. Inuit hunters and other experts identify a variety of observable changes in fat composition and amount in key Arctic country food species. These changes have been taking place for some time, however, represent a trend in long term changes in body condition of Arctic species potentially related to environmental change, Inuit report varying knowledge of contemporary and traditional sources of fat in their diet. Perspectives on fats appear to be considered in diet decisions but the strength of this influence has not yet been determined. Contrary to anecdotal information, no residents appear to be applying dietary fat reduction actions towards their consumption of country foods. The general objective of the URQSUK program is to better understand the importance of fat and lipids in the Arctic such as the presence, distribution, changes and associated factors as well as their health effects. Projects 1-3 are linked to the International Cohort Study run by PIs E Dewailly (Laval U), K Young (U of Toronto), G Egeland (McGill U), P Bjerregaard (Danish Institute of Public Health), B Boyer (Alaska) and also the CIHR Team Grant run by Dr Kue Young (U of Toronto). The Urqsuk Program is also linked to the Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments as researchers have accessed complementary funding
to provide training and capacity building to Inuit. The first 3 projects through the analysis of data collected during the 2004 Qanuippitaa Nunavik Health Survey and the 2007-2008 Qanuippitali Inuit Health Survey aim to investigate the role of n-fatty acids on Inuit health.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-Urqsuk This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/tjg8th
title: The prevalence of Human Papillomavirus and its impact on Cervical Dysplasia in northern Canada

description: There were two components in this study: component I- the prevalence of HPV infection; and component II - HPV risk assessment. Component I included study sites in the Northwest Territories (NT), Nunavut (NU), and Labrador region (LB). Component II included study sites in NT and Yukon (YT). In component I, bio-sample collection for HPV testing was incorporated into routine Pap testing and no extra samples were required. All bio-samples were collected by physicians or nurses and sent to relevant Public Health Laboratories for Pap testing. Approximately half of each sample was used for a Pap test, and the remainder was shipped to the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg for HPV typing using the Luminex assay method. Pap test results, HPV types, and demographic information were linked for analysis. 5726 samples were collected in NT between April, 2008 and March, 2009; 4683 samples were collected in NU between January, 2008 and March, 2009; and 1363 samples were collected in the Labrador region between January, 2010 and November, 2010. Component II used the same method for data collection as component I, with the addition that women were asked to answer a questionnaire to provide their risk factor information. Pap test results, HPV types, demographic information and questionnaire data were linked for analysis. 1279 samples were collected in NT, between April, 2009 and March, 2010; and 1621 samples were collected in YT between February, 2009 and June, 2010.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-HPV and Cervical Dysplasia in the NWT This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/r2e6bv
title: Canada's Three Oceans (C3O)

description: The Canada's Three Ocean's project is designed to take a snapshot of all three of the oceans surrounding Canada in 2007 and 2008. In doing this, we will evaluate the connections among the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, provide a baseline of biological, chemical and physical measurements of the ocean environment and leave a legacy that can be used as the basis for long term monitoring of our oceans. In 2008, following the success of the 2007 season, two Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers left their home ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts carrying scientists who observed the environment around them by measuring a wide range of properties, from the numbers and type of seabirds, to the plankton in the water, the nutrients in the seawater to the physical and chemical properties of seawater that tell the story of the water's current movement and past history. By the time they crossed paths in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, 14000km of ocean from Victoria to Halifax through the Northwest Passage had been observed in one season. Researchers from government and universities, students at all levels from high school and up, writers, photographers, and technicians both experienced and in training participated in this project. Once home from sea they have been analysing, processing and plotting their results which together with the results from 2007 give two single season snapshots of Canada's surrounding oceans.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-C3O (Canada's 3 Oceans) This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/thapdf
title: Recent changes in carbon source-sink relationships and greenhouse gas emissions in forest and peatland ecosystems along the Mackenzie Valley region of Canada

description: Recognizing that permafrost distributions are largely controlled by topography and climate, our IPY study documents local C cycling processes and GHG emissions as associated with vegetation, soil and permafrost environments along a climatic gradient from the Isolated Patches Permafrost Zone, in northern Alberta, to the Continuous Permafrost Zone at Inuvik, NWT. In order to understand variation in vegetation, soils, and permafrost, an extensive network of 26 sites has been established over the summers of 2007 and 2008, with four of these sites intensively monitored, from 2007 to the present, for C cycling and GHG exchange. Each NWT site encompasses a gradient from upland to peatland, including areas of permafrost-affected peatlands (peat plateaux), areas of permafrost thaw within the peat plateau matrix (collapse scars), and nearby forests occurring on mineral soils (upland forests). The northern Alberta site is entirely permafrost free, containing peatland plots in a bog, an internal lawn (area of permafrost thaw within an unfrozen bog matrix), and an adjacent upland forest. Preliminary data indicate that vegetation primarily varies from upland forest to peat plateau to collapse scar, with collapse scars having the most distinct plant communities. Permafrost zonation is a strong sec
ondary gradient, with greatest differences between plant communities of the Continuous Permafrost Zone and those of either the Sporadic or Extensive Discontinuous Permafrost Zones. The CH4 release/consumption within the study area is intricate and highly variable, fluctuating with the local soil water and corresponding vegetation. Significant surface CH4 production, essentially by microbial methyl-type fermentation, occurs only in submerged parts, and hence most reducing parts of the soil profile. Contrary to initial expectations, CH4 production is greatest during the warmest months and is insignificant during the spring thaw. Carbon dioxide emissions and net ecosystem CO2 exchange (NEE) measurements at the ground surface decreases from south to north and are mainly affected by soil temperature and the presence of permafrost. Topographic position affects soil respiration rate, which is significantly greater in uplands than peatlands, while plant uptake of CO2 by photosynthesis also varies with landscape position, accounting for over half of NEE in peatlands but less than a quarter in uplands.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-Forests and Peatlands, Mackenzie Valley This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/rhzf6d
title: Arctic Peoples, Culture, Resilience and Caribou

description: The three-year program is comprised of twelve projects in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, the Yukon, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut. Most projects are community-based case studies (Aklavik, Tutoyaktuk, and Deline) which allow for indepth collaboration and inquiry. Another group of projects allows researchers to learn about cross cutting themes of resilience relevant to all communities in ACRC regions of Nunavut, Yukon and Northwest Territories. A third group of projects is aimed at synthesizing and compiling data gathered from the project in ways that will enable partners to meaningfully interpret and communicate the knowledge and experience of northern communities dealing with caribou population variability and decline. The perspectives of northern communities on environmental change vary significantly by region; while some communities have significant knowledge and capacity to deal with variability and change in resources such as caribou, others have had limited experience, knowledge and skills for coping, mitigating or adapting to change. Even within communities, the perspectives can be diverse depending on such variables as: income and education, age, gender, knowledge/experience in land-based activities, social networks (for knowledge and resource sharing), and role in governance (e.g., representation on co-management boards). ACRC has engaged with Inuit, Dene and Gwich'in communities from Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon. Multiple methods from archival to oral history research, individual interviews to large format workshops, desktop to on-the-land activities have provided researchers with opportunities to learn about resilience from caribou hunters (men and women), community leaders, resource man
agers, elders, adults and youth from more than nineteen arctic and subarctic communities.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-Arctic Culture and Caribou This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/q96pyz
title: The organic carbon flux to Arctic margin sediments: redox tracers stable isotopes and biomarkers as proxies for change

description: To date, sediment cores have been successfully collected, while aboard the CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier in July 2007, and the CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent in July, 2009. The suite of cores spans the continental shelf and slope at depths varying from 60 to 2000 m from the Bering and Chukchi Seas, to Barrow Canyon, to the Mackenzie Shelf, Davis Strait, Baffin Bay and Canadian Archipelago. The analysis of the samples is now completed and we are now working on the interpretation of results. There is a lot that can be learned from the sediment cores. So far, the results show strong differences in the sediments and organic carbon between different regions of the Arctic. Areas that are very productive with algae and the marine food web, like the North Water Polynya in northern Baffin Bay, have very different organic carbon cycles from areas near river mouths that are strongly influenced by the land. We plan to characterize each region in detail and also compare the regions to produce an overall picture of the organic carbon cycle in the Canadian Arctic continental margin. We will also identify if the organic carbon cycle has been affected by the climate-related changes already underway.of climate change.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-Organic Carbon Flux to Arctic Sediments This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/1hfhdt
title: The Polar Environment Atmospheric Research Laboratory (PEARL) and the International Arctic Systems for Observing the Atmosphere (IASOA)

description: Year-round (365/24) operation of the PEARL complex has been achieved with more than 25 operating instruments and associated data downloads and archiving. A particular strength of PEARL is the ability to collect data during the winter when there are few other measurements but the atmosphere undergoes important changes. This project encompassed eight sub-projects: Project 1: Validation of space-based cloud properties and precipitation characteristics. The measurements and studies at PEARL have enabled better understanding of current satellite measurements and provided input for designs of future instrumentation. Project 2: Radiation and energy budget closure at the surface. Analysis has yielded significant results on the high (temporal) frequency behaviour of aerosols in the Arctic atmosphere. Project 3: The Coordinated LIDAR measurements project. The first characterization of stratospheric aerosol layers in the high Arctic has been achieved. Project 4: Coordinated upper atmosphere measurements. Atmospheric tides, or oscillations of period mainly 12 and 24 hrs, are the "canary" of the atmosphere, as their variable presence in the upper atmosphere depends upon their source (e.g. solar heating of ozone, condensation of water vapour, etc.) in the lower atmosphere, and also the chemical, thermal and dynamical state of the underlying atmosphere. Project 5: Coordinated and intensive stratospheric mea
surements. Intensive measurements of atmospheric composition in the high Arctic have been combined with data from other Arctic observatories, model simulations, satellite data, and dynamical analyses to characterize year-to-year changes in stratospheric ozone and other trace gases that control the ozone budget. Project 6: Outreach program to bring CANDAC scientists to northern Nunavut schools, to explain what we are doing in the Arctic and why it is important. These scientists also provide examples to the students of possible career options in the sciences. Project 7: Cooperative education program for northern college students. Training scientists for work in the Arctic is important, as is supplying Northern students with opportunities to gain experience in real-world situations. Project 8: The Northern Experience Program. Showing students what life is like in the High Arctic proved to be a powerful learning tool. Students' lives and perspectives were significantly changed by the experience.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-CANDAC/PEARL This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.15468/dl.qf3tmt
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 135 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 "POLYGON ((-113.0688 31.04913, -112.9188 31.04913, -112.9188 31.19913, -113.0688 31.19913, -113.0688 31.04913))"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 135 records from 13 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0046455-251025141854904/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/2ewppu
title: Pan-Arctic Tracking of Beluga Whales (PATOB)

description: PATOB research was presented to all communities in Nunavik during community consultations completed during the spring of 2007, as well as the Anguvigaq Hunters, Fishers and Trappers Association general meeting in Umiujaq, and in 2008 in Tasiujaq, the annual general meeting of the Nunavik elders sponsored by Avitaq Cultural Institute in Kangiqsujuaq, and an IPY conference to present several IPY projects held in Kuujjuaq. At the consultations, the Inuit requested that we undertake our telemetry studies in James Bay, an area where there are a large number of animals, but also where we know very little about their stock relationships with Hudson Bay beluga, their movement and diving behaviour and overwintering areas. Furthermore, James Bay is also responsible for approximately 70% of the total freshwater inflow into the Hudson Bay region, so changes in physical environmental conditions in this area will have wide reaching impacts on Hudson Bay and freshwater inflow into the Northwest Atlantic.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-PATOB This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;
DOI: 10.5683/sp3/xrptpd
title: GEOTRACES: Multi-tracer investigation of the effect of climate change on nutrient and carbon cycles in the Arctic Ocean

description: Our sampling program took place from August 27, 2009 through September 12, 2009. It was part of Leg 3a of the 2009 CCGS Amundsen Expedition in the Arctic Ocean (ArcticNet 0903). Sampling started in the Mackenzie River delta and continued into the Beaufort Sea (Shelf, slope and deep Canada Basin). Various measurements (temperature, salinity, nutrients, alkalinity, pH, primary production, bacterial production) and sampling (seawater, marine particles) were conducted at 10 stations. Underway measurements (temperature, salinity, trace gases) and sampling (marine particles) were also conducted along the cruise track. Sampling tools on stations were the ship's CTD/rosette (ArcticNet), a Trace-Metal CTD/rosette system (UVic / UBC) and large volume in-situ pumps (UBC). We conducted measurements and collected samples to document a suite of key physical (temperature, salinity, ice cover, light penetration), chemical (nutrients, trace metals, trace gases, radioisotopes, stable isotopes) and biological (phytoplankton and microbial assemblages, primary and microbial productivity, trace metal phytoplankton quotas) parameters in relation to proximity to the Mackenzie River delta, seafloor bathymetry and ice cover to elucidate the processes influencing phytoplankton growth and carbon cycling in the Arctic Ocean. In particular, we collected samples to study the processes which supply and remove trace metals, nutrients and carbon to and from the upper ocean, and con
ducted ship-board experiments to study how biological productivity is affected by various chemical and physical conditions. Through a combination of on-board measurements, experiments and subsequent laboratory analysis, our research program aims at: (i) documenting the pathways of addition, removal and cycling of key trace elements which act as biological micronutrients or tracers of carbon and nutrient cycles in the Arctic Ocean; (ii) elucidating the potential effects of changing ice cover and river discharge on productivity, carbon sequestration and trace gas emission in the Arctic Ocean; (iii) developing chemical tracers to establish a historical sedimentary record of Arctic Ocean productivity in relation to long term natural climate change.
description: Type: Research Program: Notes: IPY-GEOTRACES This metadata record corresponds to an IPY project. Studies completed under this research project are identified as related materials. These studies can also be retrieved using the Polar Data Catalogue.;