A pilot study on effects of high white goose populations on aquatic quality at Karrak Lake, Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut Territory / by Douglas Halliwell, F. Malcolm Conly and Ray...: CW66-672/2001E-PDF

"Karrak Lake lies along the north-flowing Karrak River and upstream of the confluence with Simpson River, within the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary (QMGMBS), the largest bird sanctuary in Canada. QMGMBS is located in Nunavut Territory, south of the community of Cambridge Bay and the Queen Maud Gulf (part of the Arctic Ocean). QMGMBS was set up to protect the nesting grounds of over 95% of the world's population of Ross'Geese, 15% of Canada's population of Lesser Snow Geese, as well as other Arctic nesting waterfowl"--Executive summary, page ii.

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Department/Agency Canadian Wildlife Service, issuing body.
Canada. Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, issuing body.
Title A pilot study on effects of high white goose populations on aquatic quality at Karrak Lake, Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Nunavut Territory / by Douglas Halliwell, F. Malcolm Conly and Ray T. Alisauskas.
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-22).
Includes executive summary in French.
Publishing information Yellowknife, N.W.T. : Environment Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada & Environmental Conservation Branch (Canadian Wildlife Service) : Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, Renewable Resources & Environment Directorate, March 2001.
Author / Contributor Halliwell, Douglas, author.
Description 1 online resource (vi, 29 pages) : maps, graphs
Catalogue number
  • CW66-672/2001E-PDF
Subject terms Snow goose -- Nunavut -- Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary.
River sediments -- Quality -- Nunavut -- Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary.
Oie des neiges -- Nunavut -- Refuge d'oiseaux du golfe Reine-Maud.
Sédiments fluviaux -- Qualité -- Nunavut -- Refuge d'oiseaux du golfe Reine-Maud.
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