Summer abundance and activity monitoring of arthropods at Alert, Nunavut

• 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

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