Summer abundance and activity monitoring of arthropods at Alert, Nunavut

Modified Malaise traps are used to capture surface active and low-flying arthropods. Two 5-trap transects are established in two dominant shorebird foraging habitats that are used during the brood rearing period, i.e. marsh and dry tundra (2 transect/habitat), and run continuously from late June to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Morrison, R.I. Guy
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2015
Subjects:
Alert
Arthropods
Birds
Collembola
Diptera
Ellesmere Island
Insects
Malaise traps
Shorebirds
Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna - Terrestrial
International Polar Year-Arctic Wildlife Observatories Linking Vulnerable EcoSystems
Arctic
Nunavut
Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna
International Polar Year
Tundra
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/744
https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=744
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Summary:Modified Malaise traps are used to capture surface active and low-flying arthropods. Two 5-trap transects are established in two dominant shorebird foraging habitats that are used during the brood rearing period, i.e. marsh and dry tundra (2 transect/habitat), and run continuously from late June to early August. Traps are emptied every 48 hrs. Arthropods collected are classified to their particular order. Some orders, such as Diptera and Collembola, are further classified to family and separated into size classes. : Purpose: Record the seasonal variation in the abundance and activity of arthropods during the whole summer to (1) determine resource availability for shorebirds and (2) investigate the composition of the arthropod community. : Summary: Not Applicable

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