In the barren and rugged lands of the Mackenzie Mountains in Canada's Northwest Territories, a research team from the Arctic Parasitology team at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada studies the relationship between climate and parasite development in one of the region's most beautiful animals. , Dahl's sheep. The parasite, the muscleworm transmitted by slugs and snails that can cause respiratory disease in sheep, was first discovered in 1999 in the wild ram sheep, and is thought to be present in nearly 100% of the ram sheep population in Mackenzie.
According to Emily Jenkins, Ph.D. graduate student in veterinary microbiology, temperature plays an important role in parasite development and spread. She explained that the importance of warm weather for parasite development is self-evident and that a warmer year could lead to a rapid increase in parasite development in the environment during the parasite-infected sheep stage. This in turn could lead to disease outbreaks in Dahl's sheep. The main aim of this study was to understand the potential impact of climate change, even a 1-2 degree Celsius temperature increase, on the number of parasites that could infect sheep.
温度S-TMB-M002，S-TMB-M006，S-TMB-M017，土壤水分S-SMC-M005，S-SMD-M005、雨量S-RGA-M002，S-RGB-M002、S-RGC-M002，S-RGD-M002，风速S-WSB-M003、风向S-WDA-M003，S-WSET-B、S-WCA-M003, S-WCF-M003，大气压力S-BPB-CM50，S-BPA-CM10，气温和相对湿度S-THB-M002，S-THB-M008，光合有效辐射（PAR）S-LIA-M003，太阳总辐射S-LIB-M003，叶面湿度S-LWA-M003等詹金斯博士和她的团队依赖Onset公司的HOBO无线气象站U30-NRC，U30-GSM/RX3000(RX3003-00-01)，U30-ETH/RX3000 (RX3001-00-01)，U30-WIFI/RX3000 (RX3002-00-01)。电池驱动的Onset公司的HOBO无线气象站U30-NRC，U30-GSM/RX3000(RX3003-00-01)，U30-ETH/RX3000 (RX3001-00-01)，U30-WIFI/RX3000 (RX3002-00-01)是由北美北极研究所的资助和部门资源,野生动物,和经济发展(drw),西北地区的政府。
Jenkins said that he has a HOBO wireless weather station U30-NRC from Onset , U30-GSM/RX3000 (RX3003-00-01), U30-ETH/RX3000 (RX3001-00-01), U30-WIFI/RX3000 (RX3002 -00-01) was a huge asset because it enabled the research team to collect key climate data from October to May, near an outfitting battalion where no one was present. Weather data from the local airport in the nearest town, Norman Wells in the Mackenzie Valley, is not useful in this regard because the airport, Jenkins said, is "in a completely different ecosystem from the mountains."
Onset's HOBO wireless weather station U30-NRC , U30-GSM/RX3000 (RX3003-00-01), U30-ETH/RX3000 (RX3001-00-01), U30-WIFI/RX3000 (RX3002-00-01) have been Conditions at Mount Mackenzie have been monitored since July 2002, and so far the results are promising. One summer's worth of data has been offloaded for analysis. Jenkins explained that these data show that summers are especially cold and wet, a finding that is consistent with signs of very slow parasite development in regions during this period. Dr Jenkins and her team will examine the data collected during the harsh Arctic winter when they make their way back to Mount Mackenzie this spring.
