Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Canada : a high arctic ecosystem / edited by L. C. Bliss.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bliss, L. C. (Lawrence C.)

International Biological Programme.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tundra ecology--Nunavut--Devon Island.

Tundra ecology.

Devon Island (Nunavut).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (731 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 1977.

Summary:

This book summarizes the research conducted within the Canadian component of the International Biological Program. The area studied covers 16 square miles, an oasis in these northern lands, unusually rich in flora and fauna. Much of the basic information learned from the studies can be applied to all arctic island land management plans.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Location""; ""Objectives""; ""Site description""; ""General research plan""; ""Site representativeness""; ""References""; ""Abiotic components""; ""Permafrost investigations on Truelove Lowland""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods""; ""Terrain characteristics of thermocouple cable sites""; ""Ground temperature measurements""; ""Results and discussion""; ""Permafrost environmental relationships""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Calculations of permafrost thickness""; ""The equilibrium state and its perturbations""

""Thermal parameters""""Calculations""; ""Conclusions""; ""References""; ""Soils of Truelove Lowland and Plateau""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods""; ""Field survey techniques""; ""Analytical methods""; ""Results""; ""Physiography and environment""; ""Parent materials""; ""Periglacial modification of surficial deposits""; ""Soils""; ""Soil map units""; ""Map units 11 and 21 (Sampling sites 39 and Intensive Raised Beach Plot 8A)""; ""Sampling site 39""; ""Intensive Raised Beach Site (Plot 8A)""; ""Map unit 12 (Sampling site 11)""; ""Sampling site 11""; ""Map unit 13""; ""Map unit 22""

""Map units 31 and 71 (Sampling sites 6, 9, and Intensive Meadow�Plot 61)""""Sampling site 6""; ""Intensive Meadow site (Plot 61)""; ""Sampling site 9""; ""Map unit 32 (Sampling site 22)""; ""Sampling site 22""; ""Map unit 33""; ""Map unit 34""; ""Map unit 41 (Sampling site 34)""; ""Sampling site 34""; ""Map unit 42""; ""Map unit 51""; ""Map unit 61 (Sampling site 35)""; ""Sampling site 35""; ""Map unit 62 (Sampling site 29)""; ""Sampling site 29""; ""Map unit 72 (Sampling site 1)""; ""Sampling site 1""; ""Map unit 81 (Sampling site 32)""; ""Sampling site 32""

""Map unit 83 (Sampling site 8)""""Sampling site 8""; ""Map units 82, 84, 85, 86, 87 and 88""; ""Soil drainage vegetation relationships""; ""Comparison of soils of selected Tundra Biome sites""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Bedrock geology of the Truelove River area""; ""Introduction""; ""Results and discussion""; ""The crystalline rocks of the Canadian Shield""; ""The sediments of the Arctic Platform""; ""References""; ""Microclimatological studies on Truelove Lowland""; ""Introduction""; ""Description of the area""; ""Macroclimate""; ""Physiography""; ""Methods""

""Problems of instrumentation and measurement""""Instrumentation""; ""Instrumentation for radiation""; ""Instrumentation for temperature""; ""Instrumentation for wind""; ""Instrumentation for precipitation""; ""Instrumentation for atmospheric humidity""; ""Instrumentation for winter data""; ""Results and discussion""; ""Radiation""; ""Temperature""; ""Precipitation""; ""Atmospheric humidity""; ""wind""; ""Soil moisture""; ""Comparison of plateau and lowland""; ""Implications""; ""Summary""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Hydrology of Truelove Lowland""; ""Introduction""; ""Methods""

""Instrumental and measurement problems""

Notes:

This book is a summary of 33 research projects conducted under the auspices of the International Biological Programme.

Includes bibliographies and index.

ISBN:

1-4593-0447-0

1-4175-9312-1