Detecting changes in the Arctic Ecosystem – Long-Term Benthos Monitoring network for detecting changes in the Arctic benthic ecosystem (LTM-Benthos) 2017-2020

• Main Authors: Jørgensen, Lis Lindal, Blicher, Martin, Bluhm, Bodil, Christiansen, Jørgen Schou, Fredriksen, Rosalyn, Hammeken, Nanette, Logerwell, Libby, Olafsdottir, Steinunn Hilma, Roy, Virginie, Strelkova, Natalia A., Sørensen, Jan, Thangstad, Trude Hauge
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Havforskningsinstituttet 2018
• Subjects: VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Marine biology: 497; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Marinbiologi: 497; Arctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/14243

Source at https://www.imr.no/filarkiv/detecting_changes_in_the_arctic_ecosystem.pdf/nn-no . Introduction : Main purpose of this group is data exploration. For example, megafaunal community characterization, modeling of variables that influence these communities (environment, stressors, etc.). Scaling of data matters: Depending on the objectives, required resolution of the data and analyses will vary, e.g. for managing trawl closures, fine-scale analyses are required; for understanding ecosystem change, broad-scale analyses are required. Next steps include understanding potential outcomes and the limitations of the data analyses: identifying what management questions we can answer with existing baseline data, and what agencies/groups etc. would be users of our results. Propose analyses and management uses of continued future monitoring, to emphasize value of long-term monitoring.