Terrestrial Arthropod Monitoring Program

Tracking the Response of Arthropod
Communities to Changing
Environments

Overview

This project is aimed at examining long-term trends in arthropod communities by gathering data at sites that are likely to persist, such as national and provincial protected areas. To collect data from a broad geographic range across the Mixedwood Plains and Boreal Shield ecozones, this project sampled a grand total of 112 sites from 2018-2021. These included 55 Ontario provincial parks, 17 Ontario Conservation Areas, 9 Quebec national parks (Sepaq), 5 Canadian National Parks, and 26 miscellaneous farm, natural, and urban sites.

Project Outcomes

Pacific Maritime & Montane Cordillera 2023

Overall Report (BC Parks ONLY) – Analysis of 9 BC Parks October 2024

Supplementary File – Details on trap sites, samples, BINs per sample, BIN taxonomy reference, and complete species list

  1. E.C. Manning Provincial Park | Report
  2. Englishman River Falls Provincial Park | Report
  3. Golden Ears Provincial Park | Report
  4. Goldstream Provincial Park – Site 1| Report
  5. Goldstream Provincial Park – Site 2 | Report
  6. Kokanee Creek Provincial Park | Report
  7. Miracle Beach Provincial Park | Report
  8. Rathtevor Beach Provincial Park | Report
  9. Wasa Lake Provincial Park | Report

.

Boreal Shield & Mixedwood Plains 2021

Overall Report – Analysis of 55 Malaise sampling sites December 2022
Supplementary File – Details on trap sites, permit authorities, samples, BINs per sample, BIN taxonomy reference, and complete species list

Appendix 1 – List of individual reports for each site involved in the Terrestrial Arthropod Monitoring Program.

Boreal Shield – Ontario Parks 

  1. ESKL – Esker Lakes Provincial Park | Report
  2. FAIR – Fairbank Provincial Park | Report
  3. FUSL – Fushimi Lake Provincial Park | Report
  4. IVAN – Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park | Report
  5. LSUP – Lake Superior Provincial Park | Report
  6. MCLD – MacLeod Provincial Park | Report
  7. MART – Marten River Provincial Park | Report
  8. MSSG – Mississagi River Provincial Nature Reserve | Report
  9. MTLR – Montreal River Provincial Park | Report
  10. NGGM – Nagagamisis Provincial Park | Report
  11. NCHI – North Channel Inshore Provincial Nature Reserve | Report
  12. OBAT – Obatanga Provincial Nature Reserve | Report
  13. POTH – Potholes Provincial Park | Report
  14. PRRM – Prairie River Mouth Provincial Nature Reserve | Report
  15. QUET – Quetico Provincial Park | Report
  16. RAIN – Rainbow Falls Provincial Park | Report
  17. RENB – René Brunelle Provincial Park | Report
  18. RUBY – Ruby Lake Provincial Nature Reserve | Report
  19. SAND – Sandbar Lake Provincial Park | Report
  20. SLPG – Sleeping Giant Provincial Park | Report
  21. TURT – Turtle River-White Otter Lake Nature Reserve | Report
  22. WNBG – Wenebegon River Provincial Nature Reserve | Report
  23. WJBG – WJB Greenwood Provincial Nature Reserve | Report

Boreal Shield – Parks Canada 

  1. GBI – Georgian Bay Islands National Park | Report
  2. PUK – Pukaskwa National Park | Report

Boreal Shield – Other Ontario Sites 

  1. GLFC – Great Lakes Forestry Centre | Report
  2. ISLL – Island Lake Research Site | Report
  3. MRCA – Mattagami Region Conservation Authority Office | Report
  4. NLSK – New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station | Report
  5. REDL – Red Lake District High School | Report
  6. SUDB – Sudbury Ministry of Natural Resources Office | Report
  7. TBMN – Thunder Bay Ministry of Natural Resources Office | Report
  8. TRKL – Turkey Lakes Research Site | Report

Boreal Shield – SEPAQ

  1. QAGB – Parc national d’Aiguebelle | Report
  2. QJCA – Parc national des Grands-Jardins | Report
  3. QJCB – Parc national des Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie | Report
  4. QPTL – Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier 1 | Report
  5. QGJD – Parc national de la Jacques-Cartier 2 | Report
  6. QHTG – Parc national des Monts-Valin | Report
  7. QMVL – Parc national d’Opémican | Report
  8. QOPM – Parc national de la Pointe-Taillon | Report

Mixedwood Plains Sites

  1. ARKL – Arkell Research Station | Report
  2. OJIB – Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve | Report
  3. RARE – rare Charitable Research Reserve | Report
  4. Massey Farm | Report

.

Appendix 2 – Individual taxonomy reports (species inventories) for each site in 2021.

  1. GLFC  – Great Lakes Forestry Centre  | Species List
  2. ISLL  – Island Lake Research Site  | Species List
  3. MRCA  – Mattagami Region Conservation Authority Office  | Species List
  4. NLSK  – New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station  | Species List
  5. OPP – Ontario Provincial Parks (All) | Species List
  6. PC – Parks Canada (All) | Species List
  7. REDL  – Red Lake District High School  | Species List
  8. SEPAQ – Sepaq Sites (All) | Species List
  9. SUDB  – Sudbury Ministry of Natural Resources Office  | Species List
  10. TBMN  – Thunder Bay Ministry of Natural Resources Office  | Species List
  11. TRKL  – Turkey Lakes Research Site  | Species List
  12. Mixedwood Plains Sites | Species List
  13. Massey Farm | Species List

Boreal Shield 2020

Overall Report (Sepaq Results ONLY) – Analysis of 7 Sepaq Parks December 2021
Appendix 1 – List of individual reports for each National Park involved, including names of their main contacts, in the Terrestrial Arthropod Monitoring Program.
  1. Aiguebelle National Park | Report
  2. Grands-Jardins National Park | Report
  3. Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park | Report
  4. Jacques-Cartier National Park – Site 1 | Report
  5. Jacques-Cartier National Park – Site 2 | Report
  6. Monts-Valin National Park | Report
  7. Opémican National Park | Report
  8. Pointe-Taillon National Park | Report
Appendix 2 – Individual taxonomy reports (species inventories) for each Sépaq site in 2020.

.

Mixedwood Plains 2018

Overall Report (Ontario Parks Results ONLY) – Analysis of 30 Ontario Parks December 2020
Appendix 1 – Neighbour-joining tree of representative specimens from each BIN available on BOLD collected by Malaise traps in Ontario Parks in 2018 (colourized based on taxonomic order).
Appendix 2 – Image library of 17,607 BIN representatives collected in Ontario Parks 2018 (aligned with Appendix 1). Part 1 (219 MB) Part 2 (242 MB) Part 3 (235 MB) Part 4 (135 MB)
Appendix 3 – Complete list of taxonomy and BINs collected in the Ontario Provincial Parks Malaise Program (in alignment with Appendix 1).
Appendix 4 – List of individual reports for each Provincial Park involved, including names of their main contacts, in the Ontario Provincial Parks Malaise Program.
  1. AWEN – Awenda Provincial Park    |    Report
  2. BALS – Balsam Lake Provincial Park    |    Report
  3. BAYV – Bayview Escarpment Provincial Park    |    Report
  4. BOYN – Boyne Valley Provincial Park    |    Report
  5. BRON – Bronte Creek Provincial Park    |    Report
  6. BURN – Burnt Lands Provincial Nature Reserve    |    Report
  7. DUNC – Duncan Escarpment Provincial Park    |    Report
  8. EMIL – Emily Provincial Park    |    Report
  9. FORC – Forks of the Credit Provincial Park    |    Report
  10. FRON – Frontenac Provincial Park    |    Report
  11. HOLL – Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park    |    Report
  12. HOPE – Hope Bay Forest Provincial Park    |    Report
  13. INVH – Inverhuron Provincial Park    |    Report
  14. JOEP – John E. Pearce Provincial Park    |    Report
  15. KMKA – Komoka Provincial Park    |    Report
  16. LIOH – Lion’s Head Provincial Park    |    Report
  17. LONP – Long Point Provincial Park    |    Report
  18. MACG – MacGregor Point Provincial Park    |    Report

.

  1. MORT – Morris Tract Provincial Park    |    Report
  2. MURP – Murphys Point Provincial Park    |    Report
  3. OJIB – Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve    |    Report
  4. PETW – Peter’s Woods Provincial Park    |    Report
  5. PINE – Pinery Provincial Park    |    Report
  6. PRES – Presqu’ile Provincial Park    |    Report
  7. RIDR – Rideau River Provincial Park    |    Report
  8. ROND – Rondeau Provincial Park    |    Report
  9. SELK – Selkirk Provincial Park    |    Report
  10. SHOH – Short Hills Provincial Park    |    Report
  11. TRWD – Trillium Woods Provincial Park    |    Report
  12. VOYG – Voyageur Provincial Park    |    Report
Appendix 5 – Individual taxonomy reports (species inventories) for each Ontario Parks site in 2018. Part 1       Part 2

TRACE – Tracking the Response of Arthropod Communities to Changing Environments