Community Monitoring of Environmental Change: College-Based Limnological Studies at Crazy Lake (Tasirluk), Nunavut

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Dyck, Markus G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Island; college project; community monitoring; freshwater; ice cover; lake; limnology; snow; Arctique; île de Baffin; projet du collège; surveillance par la collectivité; eau douce; couche de glace; limnologie; neige; Nunavut; Blanche; Noire; Île de Baffin; Crazy Lake; Arctique*; Baffin; Climate change; Iqaluit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63327

In light of the difficult logistics and high cost of polar research into climate change, involvement of local people can contribute immensely to important data collection. One can use the knowledge and skills of human resources that are already present—teachers, students, and community members. An e...