Interim Lac de Gras Regional Grizzly Bear DNA Report, Ekati and Diavik Diamond Mines (Diavik Diamond Mines, November 2013)
This interim report presents results from the first year (2012) of a two-year joint Ekati and Diavik grizzly bear DNA study covering a 16,272 km² region around the diamond mines. DNA analysis of 1,902 hair samples identified 112 individual grizzly bears (42 males, 70 females), with remote camera data documenting 10 family groups and substantial movement patterns across the study area.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., Rio Tinto, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Environmental Resources Management Inc., Wildlife Genetics International
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Diavik Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Nunavut, Yamba Lake, Exeter Lake, Aylmer Lake, Courageous Lake, Hackett River, Izok
- Parameters
- grizzly bear population, grizzly bear abundance, grizzly bear distribution, grizzly bear DNA analysis, grizzly bear hair samples, grizzly bear movement patterns, grizzly bear family groups, microsatellite genotyping, mark-recapture study, habitat suitability, esker denning, caribou diet, population density
- Pages
- 49
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