State of Knowledge Report, West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Area (West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, April 1999)

Date

1999-04-01

Document type

report

Parties

West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, P. G. Sly, L. Little, Lutra Associates, E. Hart, J. McCullum, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Inuit Organisations, Lutselk'e Dene Council, Metis Nation of the NWT, Nunavut Co-Management Organisations, Environmental Organisations, Government of Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories, NWT Chamber of Mines

Locations

West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Area, Northwest Territories, Slave Geological Province, Bear Province, Rae Province, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, Arctic Ocean, Coronation Gulf, Yellowknife, Rae-Edzo, Wha Ti, Rae Lakes, Gameti, Snare Lakes, Wekweti, Dettah, Ndilo, Lutselk'e, Kugluktuk, Umingmaktuk, Bathurst Inlet, Cambridge Bay, Lac de Gras, Queen Maud Gulf, Kent Peninsula, Thelon Game Sanctuary, Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Contwoyto Lake, Mackenzie River Valley, Victoria Island, Wellington Bay, Bathurst and McDonald faults

Parameters

climate, geology, kimberlites, metallic mineralization, permafrost, soil development, marine ecosystem, freshwater ecosystem, terrestrial ecosystem, water quality, primary production, nutrient availability, marine food web, freshwater food web, terrestrial food web, fish distributions, bird populations, caribou abundance, muskox populations, ungulates, predators, vegetation, plant distributions, traditional knowledge, environmental stress, global climatic change, atmospheric pollutants, UV-B radiation, persistent organic contaminants, mercury contamination, radionuclides, mining impacts, hunting and fishing impacts, settlement impacts, transportation impacts, hydroelectric development impacts, tourism impacts, sustainable development, socio-economic impacts, cultural impacts

Pages

290