A review of the Northern Ecosystem Initiative in Arctic Canada: Facilitating arctic ecosystem research through traditional and novel approaches

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 19-29

  Mallory, Mark L ^a   Ogilvie, Carey ^a   Gilchrist, H Grant ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal peoples; Arctic; Capacity; Climate change; Contaminants; Ecosystems; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMPURITIES; MONITORING;

ABORIGINAL PEOPLES; ANTHROPOGENIC STRESSORS; ARCTIC ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ARCTIC; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOURISM;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CANADA; COLD CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33645472051     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-9094-4     Document Type: Review

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