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Local Scale Biophysical Mapping for Integrated Resource Management, Watson Lake (NTS 105A/2), Yukon

Biophysical or ecosystem mapping is built on the principle that vegetation composition and distribution responds in predictable ways to specific abiotic terrain conditions. Terrain (surficial geology) mapping and subsequent stratification into ecosystem units forms the basis for local-scale biophysical mapping. Biophysical mapping is therefore an integrated system of mapping which describes both terrain conditions (surficial material type, slope, landscape position, drainage and permafrost conditions) and ecological factors (vegetation community and structure, and soil moisture and nutrient regimes). The Watson Lake area was selected for a pilot biophysical mapping project because of imminent resource activities in southeast Yukon. Local-scale (1:50 000) biophysical mapping was carried out in the 105A/2 NTS map area during 2004 in cooperation with Yukon Environment, Yukon Geological Survey and Cryogeographic Consulting. Analysis of hard copy 1:40 000-scale aerial photographs was conducted to outline preliminary terrain (surficial geology) and ecosystem units. Four weeks of summer field work was then conducted to ground truth the preliminary aerial photograph interpretation and develop a more detailed ecological classification system for southeast Yukon. Following the field season, the corrected mapping was digitized using stereo-georeferenced high-resolution scanned aerial photographs in Microstation Diap Viewer. Subsequent geographic information system (GIS) manipulation was performed in ArcGIS 9.0. Part of the purpose of the project was to develop a methodology for performing biophysical mapping using these technological tools.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2019-05-10
Date ( RI_366 )
2019-05-10
RI_414
  Government of Yukon; Government of Yukon; Yukon Geological Survey - ( )
https://open.yukon.ca/data/
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular; irrégulier RI_541
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Yukon Geological Survey
  • Yukon Data
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Yukon (https://open.yukon.ca/open-government-licence-yukon)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1969-12-31
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RI_414
  Government of Yukon; Government of Yukon; Yukon Geological Survey - ( )
https://open.yukon.ca/data/
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Report ( HTTPS )

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Original metadata (https://open.yukon.ca) ( HTTPS )

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ae311dbf-abc8-c8e2-454c-3ac14bd39aff XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2024-10-29
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of Yukon; Government of Yukon; Yukon Geological Survey - ( )
https://open.yukon.ca/data/
 
 

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