摘要
一次新的覆盖陆地和淡水生态学的破冰考察将在1999年夏季付诸实施,这次瑞典-加拿大联合行动将有大约70位科学家穿过加拿大北极高纬度地区,在此季节中将两次巡回穿过西北通道。科学计划包括5个主题:植物动物相互作用、生物多样性、鸟类迁徙和航行、淡水生态学、生物气候和生态毒理学。沿北极的主要纬度和经度进行样带取样,将为科学家们提供一次难得的、在一个季节搜集覆盖较大地理范围和环境空间的数据集。
A new icebreaker-based expedition covering terrestrial and freshwater ecology is to be carried out in the summer of 1999. This Swedish-Canadian joint effort will bring some 70 scientists through the Canadian High Arctic, cruising the North West Passage twice in a single season. The scientific program comprises 5 major themes: plant-animal interactions; biodiversity; bird migration and navigation; freshwater ecology;bioclimatology and ecotoxicology. Sampling along the major latitudinal and longitudinal transects in the Arctic will provide the scientists with a unique possibility to gather data sets with extensive cover of geographic and environmental space within a single season.
