Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program’s state of the Arctic marine biodiversity
Marine mammals are top predators in Arctic marine ecosystems and are key to ecosystem functioning. Many Arctic marine mammal species are important resources and hold special cultural significance in Arctic communities. The CBMP (Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme) Marine Mammal Expert Net...
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crpeerj:10.7287/peerj.preprints.26717 2024-06-02T08:00:14+00:00 Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program’s state of the Arctic marine biodiversity Kovacs, Kit M. Meehan, Rosa Belikov, Stas Desportes, Genevieve Ferguson, Steve Laidre, Kristin Stenson, Garry Thomas, Peter Ugarte, Fernando Vongraven, Dag 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26717 https://peerj.com/preprints/26717.pdf https://peerj.com/preprints/26717.xml https://peerj.com/preprints/26717.html unknown PeerJ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ posted-content 2018 crpeerj https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26717 2024-05-07T14:14:17Z Marine mammals are top predators in Arctic marine ecosystems and are key to ecosystem functioning. Many Arctic marine mammal species are important resources and hold special cultural significance in Arctic communities. The CBMP (Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme) Marine Mammal Expert Network aggregated and reviewed data on the population status and trends of all 11 ice-associated marine mammal Focal Ecosystem Components (FECs) across eight Arctic Marine Areas as well as the state of current monitoring (and research) efforts for these species. Changes taking place in the physical environment in the Arctic due to global warming are affecting marine mammal behaviour, abundance, growth rates, body condition and reproduction, and impacting the resilience of marine mammal populations with concomitant effects on the people who rely on them for subsistence, economic and cultural purposes. Effective marine mammal population monitoring will need improved techniques and application at appropriate geographic scales to measure trends that can be evaluated relative to changes in climate (e.g., sea-ice cover) and human activities (e.g., hunting, shipping, mineral exploration). This presentation will summarize current marine mammal monitoring across the Arctic, the status and trends of FECs, drivers of observed trends, and knowledge and monitoring gaps. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Marine Areas Arctic Global warming Marine Mammal Monitoring Sea ice PeerJ Publishing Arctic |
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Marine mammals are top predators in Arctic marine ecosystems and are key to ecosystem functioning. Many Arctic marine mammal species are important resources and hold special cultural significance in Arctic communities. The CBMP (Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme) Marine Mammal Expert Network aggregated and reviewed data on the population status and trends of all 11 ice-associated marine mammal Focal Ecosystem Components (FECs) across eight Arctic Marine Areas as well as the state of current monitoring (and research) efforts for these species. Changes taking place in the physical environment in the Arctic due to global warming are affecting marine mammal behaviour, abundance, growth rates, body condition and reproduction, and impacting the resilience of marine mammal populations with concomitant effects on the people who rely on them for subsistence, economic and cultural purposes. Effective marine mammal population monitoring will need improved techniques and application at appropriate geographic scales to measure trends that can be evaluated relative to changes in climate (e.g., sea-ice cover) and human activities (e.g., hunting, shipping, mineral exploration). This presentation will summarize current marine mammal monitoring across the Arctic, the status and trends of FECs, drivers of observed trends, and knowledge and monitoring gaps. |
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Kovacs, Kit M. Meehan, Rosa Belikov, Stas Desportes, Genevieve Ferguson, Steve Laidre, Kristin Stenson, Garry Thomas, Peter Ugarte, Fernando Vongraven, Dag Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program’s state of the Arctic marine biodiversity |
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Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program’s state of the Arctic marine biodiversity |
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Circumpolar biodiversity monitoring program’s state of the Arctic marine biodiversity |
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