Project title Ð Biogeography,
energetics and trophic level of Arctic cephalopods
Project web site Ð
Activity leader(s) (name, affiliation, email address) Ð Kate Gardiner (M.Sc. Student) and Terry Dick (Ph.D), Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba.
Project goals (1-2 sentences) Ð The goals are to 1) describe the biogeography of Arctic cephalopods based on historical and current records from collection expeditions and museum specimens, 2) the trophic position and feeding patterns of selected species as both prey and predator and 3) energy content and requirements of cephalopods under Arctic conditions.
Geographic focus Ð Circumpolar and Canadian Arctic, Hudson Strait, western Canadian Arctic
Taxonomic
focus Ð Gonatus
fabricii, Rossia
palpebrosa, R.
moelleri, Bathypolypus
articus, Cirroteuthis
mŸlleri.
Countries involved in activity Ð Canada
Expedition / field work dates and vessels Ð
Pammiut (completed fall 2007); Nahidik (summer 2008)
IPY Activity #: Associated project; Funding NSERC Northern Research Chair program