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Banff_NP_ForestAlpine_Songbird Point Counts
"Birds are the most diverse of land vertebrates and are an important indicator of ecosystem health. Large protected areas, such as Banff National Park, provide important habitat... -
Blister Rust - Kootenay
Whitebark pine blister rust (Cronartium ribicola) is an introduced pathogen affecting whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) and limber pine (Pinus flexilis). Whitebark pine is an... -
Erosion and Deposition - Point Pelee
The rapid beach recession in Point Pelee National Park has resulted in sustained breaching of the barrier beach in the Northeastern corner of the park. Continuous exposure to... -
Forest_stands - Forillon
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,... -
Frog and Toad Monitoring - Thousand Islands
Frogs and toads were monitored through visual and audio surveys during twice-yearly wetland visits between May-June 2006-2014. Frogs and toads were assessed by park staff for... -
Chestnut-collared Longspur Abundance - Grasslands
The Grasslands National Park measures the abundance of Chestnut-collared Longspur as a part of overall grassland bird point count surveys. -
Stream Fish Occupancy - Waterton Lakes - Freshwater
Freshwater fishes are some of the most imperiled taxa worldwide as evident by the number of threatened and endangered species. For example, the Committee on the Status of... -
Wetland Hydrology - Prince Edward Island
Hydrological inputs and outputs determine water depth, flow patterns, and duration and frequency of flooding. The seasonal pattern of changes in a wetland’s water level is... -
Intertidal Bivalves - Pacific Rim
Shellfish monitoring has been accepted by the Pacific Bioregion of Parks Canada as a measure of ecosystem health in soft substrates in the intertidal zone. Surveys are used to... -
Beaver Abundance - Riding Mountain
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... -
Water Quality - Aulavik
This dataset is a collection of measurements which make up two water quality indexes: Nutrients, Physical and Major Ions (NPMI) Index and Metals Index. The measurements are... -
Forest area burned - Elk Island
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... -
Lake and Stream Trophic State Index - Riding Mountain
This measure monitors the trophic state (primary productivity) of six selected lakes, and four selected streams, in order to collect baseline data on processes fundamental to... -
Eastern Red-Backed Salamander - Bruce Peninsula
Redback salamanders have a long lifespan, small home ranges and high site fidelity. They breathe entirely through their skin and the tissue lining in their mouths, which makes... -
Marsh Birds - Thousand Islands
The presence and abundance of 11 marsh birds are assessed through visual and audio surveys twice every year (8 plots/year) throughout the park between May and July. Bird species... -
Lake Water Quality - Kejimkujik
Water quality is a globally accepted and widely used measure for assessing and monitoring the condition of freshwater ecosystems. It has a pivotal affect on the integrity of... -
Forest Birds - Barred Owl - Cape Breton Highlands
What? Owl abundance is being monitored in the Acadian land regions of Cape Breton Highlands National Park to determine if occupancy rates are changing or have changed... -
Tundra Flowering Phenology Mingan
“PlantWatch” is a program where flowering times for selected plant species across Canada are recorded in order to observe the impact that changes in climate may have on... -
Interior Forest Productivity - Pukaskwa
Remote sensing techniques are used to monitor forest productivity in the park’s interior forest ecodistricts: Bremner Uplands, Widgeon Uplands and Pukaskwa River Plain. Forest...