When you mention Kejimkujik National Park, most people think of a place to go camping with their family for a few weeks each year. While the park does provide a vacation getaway for many people it is also an important research centre. Since 1994 there have been over 80 research and monitoring projects carried out within the park.
These projects provide valuable information on plant and animal populations, migrations, breeding habits and trends as well as data on environmental situations such as acid rain and their impact on the Eco-system. The park provides researchers with an area in which outside influences are more controlled than in other locations not protected by National Park status. We have provided a list of some projects that have been conducted in the park since 1994. For more specific information on some of these projects you can visit them at the Keji's Web Site.
Ecological Research and Monitoring Projects in Kejimkujik National Park and Vicinity Since 1994 (including on-going projects)
Various research and monitoring projects are now being carried out in conjunction with the Kejimkujik Ecological Research and Monitoring Centre.
Research & Monitoring Projects Water Quality Monitoring of Streams and Rivers, Calculations of Sulfate Input- Output Budgets Water Quality Monitoring of Lakes, Description of Trends Carbon Fluxes in "Pine Martin " Bog How UV-B Will Affect Biota and Chemistry of Brown and Clear Water Lakes Hydrology and Geochemistry of the Grafton Lake Streams Black Duck Breeding Pair Survey Study Block Brook Trout Genetic Diversity and Factors Impinging Thereon, Throughout Their National Park Native Range Carbon Monoxide Measurements NOX/NOY Characterization Climate Station Stream Flow (Mersey River) and Water Level (Kejimkujik Lake) Monitoring Organics in Precipitation Biomonitoring of Invertebrates in Three Lakes and in the Mersey River at Caledonia Grafton Lake Restoration: Limnology Grafton Lake Restoration: Aquatic Macrophytes Grafton Lake Restoration: Aquatic Invertebrates Grafton Lake Restoration: Terrestrial Habitats and Communities Evaluation of Controlled Fertilization of Acidified Wetlands for Enhancement of Waterfowl Production (Tobeatic) Assessment of Fish Populations in Three Lakes (Cobrielle, Big Dam East, and West ) Grafton Lake Restoration: Ichthyology Frog Watch Kejimkujik Forest Bird Species Population and Biodiversity Monitoring Gypsy Moth Interactions With Forest Bird Communities Role of Aquatic Macrophytes in the Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Lake Ecosystems Mapping Territories of Songbirds/Warbler Songs Preliminary Assessment of Transboundry Issues for Ecosystem Management at Kejimkujik NP Possible Extirpation of Species Archaeology Archives Impacts of Mercury Exposure on Common Loons Breeding in the Maritimes Development of Microsatellite and Mitochondrial DNA Markers for Blanding's Turtles General Nesting Ecology, Nest Site Selection, and Early Post Emergence Behaviour of Blanding's Turtles Juvenile Blanding's Turtle Radio Monitoring Blanding's Turtle Populations Surrounding Kejimkujik NP Grafton Lake Restoration: Snapping Turtle Movements on Grafton Lake and Population Characteristics Grafton Lake Restoration: Amphibian and Reptiles North American Research Strategies on Tropospheric Ozone Forest Climate Monitoring Air Monitoring of Mercury Woodlice, Centipedes, Millipedes, and Pseudoscorpions in Kejimkujik NP Springtails (Insecta collembola) in Kejimkujik NP Forest Canopy Lepidoptera Survey and Inventory Predation on Eggs and Chicks of the Piping Plover in Kejimkujik NP Seaside Adjunct Ecology and Natural History of the Bdelloid Rotifer Habrotrocha rosa, an Inquiline in Sarracenia Purpurea Pitchers Gene Conservation of Red Spruce Grouping Dynamics of Common Loon on Grafton Lake Common Loon Nesting on Grafton Lake The Effects of Mercury and Environmental Contamination on the Reproductive Ecology and Breeding Behaviour of Common Loons Baseline Characterization of Piscivorous Waterfowl Populations and Their Food Assessment of Calcium Level in Aquatic Invertebrates Long-term Monitoring of Common Loon Populations in Kejimkujik NP Kejimkujik Basin Study Modelling, Long-term Monitoring Nitrogen Cycling, Soils, and Vegetation Forest Biodiversity Soil Monitoring Atlantic Salmon Recovery in the Medway River System Forest Succession and Gap Modelling Investigation of Toxic Mercury Levels in the Fish Consumed by Humans and Fish Eating Birds in the Mersey River Watershed Canadian Air and Precipitation Monitoring Network (CAPMON) Station Canadian Acid Aerosol Measurement Program (CAAMP) Forest Insect and Disease Survey Acid Rain National Early Warning System Dissolved Trace Contaminants in Wet Precipitation- Low Level Detection Bryophyte Floras of National Parks Use of Basidiomycetes Fungi in Kejimkujik Study Plots as Indicators of Pollution Ground Litter and Decay Fungi Monitoring Terrestrial Mollusca and Mites Survey and Monitoring Nutrient and Metal Effects on Algae in Acidified Lakes and Lake Sediments Monitoring Coastal Processes at Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct Monitoring of Brook Trout Populations Climate Station Surficial Geology Loon Monitoring on Selected Lakes Forest Biodiversity Monitoring Coyote Biology Deer-Coyote Ecology in Working Landscapes Blanding's Turtle Population Research Piping Plover Monitoring and Management; Seaside Adjunct American Martin Re-introduction Assessment Corticolous Lichen Communities of A Deciduous Woodland Plot In Kejimkujik NP Ageing Molluscs Shells Blanding's Turtle Nest Predation Study Soft-shelled Calm Survey Blanding’s Hatchling Headstarting
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