This study was undertaken as part of a larger project examining distributional monitoring of stream salmonids in the Northwest Territories being led by Neil Mochnacz, a fisheries scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. The Little Nahanni River study impetuous, design and funding was achieved through his leadership on this project.
The key funding agencies for this study are the Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (CIMP), Fisheries and Ocean's Strategic Program for Ecosystem Research and Assessment (SPERA), Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) and Parks Canada (Nahanni National Park.)
Substantial funding, resources and leadership for project coordination and implementation were provided by Brent Lewis from Parks Canada, Nahanni National Park, as well as funding and resources provided by Fisheries and Oceans, Yellowknife.
I'd like to acknowledge the oversight and input provided by my Master's committee co-supervisors, Pete Cott and Mark Poesch, who provided guidance to help with both planning and on-the-ground decisions.
Thank you to the field crew members with Parks Canada, Fisheries and Oceans, North-South consulting and volunteers who implemented the project on the ground, facing unknown conditions and long and gruelling days hiking up and down mountain streams.
Finally, I'd like to thank my statistics professor Dr. Laura Gray and teaching assistant Gabriel Oltean at the University of Alberta for the extra time, effort and assistance they gave during the course to answer questions and teach me the statistical theories, tests and R programming required to conduct the analysis presented here.
The key funding agencies for this study are the Northwest Territories Cumulative Impact Monitoring Program (CIMP), Fisheries and Ocean's Strategic Program for Ecosystem Research and Assessment (SPERA), Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan (FCSAP) and Parks Canada (Nahanni National Park.)
Substantial funding, resources and leadership for project coordination and implementation were provided by Brent Lewis from Parks Canada, Nahanni National Park, as well as funding and resources provided by Fisheries and Oceans, Yellowknife.
I'd like to acknowledge the oversight and input provided by my Master's committee co-supervisors, Pete Cott and Mark Poesch, who provided guidance to help with both planning and on-the-ground decisions.
Thank you to the field crew members with Parks Canada, Fisheries and Oceans, North-South consulting and volunteers who implemented the project on the ground, facing unknown conditions and long and gruelling days hiking up and down mountain streams.
Finally, I'd like to thank my statistics professor Dr. Laura Gray and teaching assistant Gabriel Oltean at the University of Alberta for the extra time, effort and assistance they gave during the course to answer questions and teach me the statistical theories, tests and R programming required to conduct the analysis presented here.