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Anthropogenic influence on the autumn migration of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Hudson Bay
DownloadSpring 2022
Migratory species may shift established spatiotemporal patterns in response to anthropogenic impacts, so understanding the energetic consequences of behavioural plasticity may provide insight into how effectively migratory species respond to climate change. I used satellite telemetry to examine...
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Biogeochemical impacts of glacial meltwaters across a High Arctic watershed (Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada)
DownloadFall 2018
Climate change across northern latitudes is fundamentally altering the hydrological cycle there, resulting in increased glacial melt, permafrost thaw and precipitation. Whereas enhanced glacial melt has potentially important implications for water quality and productivity in downstream freshwater...
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Effects of retrogressive thaw slumping on particulate organic carbon dynamics in the Northwest Territories, Canada
DownloadSpring 2022
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of thermokarst and accelerating the delivery of terrestrial organic material from previously sequestered sources to aquatic systems, where it is subject to further biochemical alteration. Rapid climate change in the glacially conditioned...
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Fluvial inorganic carbon cycling across divergently evolving permafrost landscapes (Yukon and Northwest Territories, Canada)
DownloadFall 2019
Across the circumpolar north, rapid warming and intensifying hydrologic cycles are accelerating permafrost thaw and strengthening land-freshwater linkages. Among the most significant implications of this change is the mobilization of large amounts of previously sequestered organic and inorganic...
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Icing dynamics in the lake-dominated, discontinuous permafrost Taiga Shield, and effects on fluvial biogeochemistry, carbon cycling and microbial communities
DownloadFall 2023
Climate warming is affecting freshwater systems across the western Canadian subarctic, due to widespread shifts in precipitation regimes, permafrost degradation, and multi-decadal increases in winter baseflow. These changes are significant on the Taiga Shield, which comprises ~20% of North...
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Monitoring Ecosystem Dynamics in the Beaufort Sea using Stable Isotopes in Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) and Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida)
DownloadSpring 2019
Extensive declines in sea ice extent and thickness are occurring within the Arctic and are projected to continue in the future due to amplified polar warming. As a result, community composition and structure are changing within Arctic ecosystems. Animal diets are influenced by accessibility and...
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Fall 2019
The ability of species to adapt to the shifting environmental conditions associated with climate change will be a key determinant of their persistence in the coming decades. This is a challenge already faced by species in the Arctic, where rapid environmental change is well underway. Caribou and...
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Space and habitat use of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Davis Strait in relation to sea ice conditions and harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
DownloadFall 2022
Patterns of space use and habitat selection by polar bears (Ursus maritimus) vary among subpopulations where they have been studied. The Davis Strait subpopulation is one of the least researched polar bear subpopulations and their spatial ecology is largely unknown. As an obligate carnivore,...
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Stream Carbon Flux in the Northern Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest: Seasonal DOC Transport and CO₂ and CH₄ Emissions
DownloadSpring 2020
Streams in British Columbia's humid, organic-rich Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest (PCTR) deliver globally significant yields of soil-derived dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the ocean, which can affect ocean acidification, provide energy to coastal food webs, and off-gas to the atmosphere...