PanArctic Caribou and Moose Monitoring Program

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Pan-Arctic Caribou and Moose Monitoring Program A
Northern Contaminant Program Initiative
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• Objective
• To determine levels of and temporal trends in
• Contaminants in Arctic caribou and moose in order
  to
• Provide information to Northerners regarding
  contaminants in these traditional foods, so that
  they may make informed choices about food
  consumption.
• Provide information to wildlife managers
  regarding possible health effects of contaminants
  on Arctic moose and caribou populations
• Further understand the fate and effects of
  contaminant deposition and transport to the
  Canadian Arctic

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Tentative Sampling Schedule for
Canadian Caribou Herds
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Sample Collections to include

• Data
• Herd
• Gender
• Date of kill
• Location of kill
• Age

• Samples
• Kidney to be analyzed for 32 elements
• Liver to be archived
• Muscle to be archived
• Incisor bar to be used for aging

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This is an Open Invitation to work
cooperatively with existing programs
in obtaining samples and data
or to provide data and/or samples to
other researchers as requested (when
able) Contact Project Coordinator
Mary Gamberg
mary.gamberg_at_northwestel.net
Ph 867-668-7023