What makes spring such a special time of year? The sun is shining, birds are chirping, plants are blooming.
Print out and put together this pocket guide to help you explore what happens during spring in your area!
(International A4 paper size)
A total checklist of lichens and lichenicolous fungi in the circumpolar Arctic and a preliminary list of rare and endemic lichens.
Ponds in the Arctic are full of life! Print out and put together this pocket guide to help you get out and explore Arctic ponds and the animals and plants in and around them!
(Size letter North American paper)
A poster outlining the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Program. Intended for scientific and policy audiences.
A summary of the population status and trends for 19 populations of Arctic seabirds.
(Size A4 international paper)
A brochure highlighting the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP).
A 2010 analysis of the Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) dataset, an index used to track trend in Arctic fish, mammals and birds.
The tundra supports such amazing animals and plants!
Print out and put together this pocket guide to help you explore this environment: see if you can spot birds and caribou!
(North American paper size)
Findings of a workshop sponsored by the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Valencia, Spain March 4-6, 2007.
Key findings from the 2011 analysis of the Arctic Species Trend Index, focussing on the marine ecosystem and spatial analysis techniques after the dataset underwent revisions and updates.
(size A4 international)
The background paper of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan, highlighting the process and key elements to develop.
An in depth analysis of the marine data set in the Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) after a 2011 data revision and update.
This Leaders Manual and its related pocket field guide look at some of the organisms and processes closely associated with tundra.
The pocket guide focuses on a set of plants, animals and other organismswith brief information about how they fit into an ecosystem.
The leaders manual provides background information about the tundra, the nature of ecosystems and some of the changes and threats that could affect Arctic ecosystems and biodiversity. Appendix A, provides more detailed information about the organisms in the pocket field guide. Appendix B provides printable worksheets for the activities designed to get young people either individually or in groupsout on the land and actively investigating the natural world around them.
An exploration of the International Tundra Experiment and how it could participate in the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Network (CBMP).
The 2011 exploration of spatial biodiversity data analysis techniques using the Arctic Species Trend Index data set.
This document provides an overview on the development of the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Monitoring Plan, produced by a Freshwater Expert Monitoring Group (FEMG) for the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP), along with timelines for development of the FEMG.
Cover and acknowledgements to the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report.
The findings of a workshop focused on fostering the development and implementation of coordinated, international research and monitoring networks for Arctic freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems and the biodiversity they support.
Title and table of contents to the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report.
A discussion for the development of a community-based monitoring component to the CBMP and examination of monitoring programs under development by the Permanent Participants of the Arctic Council.
Rannsakaðu túndruna og lífríkið sem þar er að finna svosem hreyndýr, uglur, rjúpur, mosa og fleira
Findings and advice for monitoring to the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report.
Paper on reindeer husbandry and montioring in the Arctic and major associations and networks on the topic including the Association of World Reindeer Herders.
This manual and its associated pocket field guide look at the processes and some of the organisms closely linked with spring.
Since spring itself is a process of change over a fairly short period of time, the field guide focuses on the broad categories of spring changes, with examples (plants, birds, animals) that help students see and understand the details of those changes.
The leaders manual provides background information about the processes, the organisms and some of the changes and threats that could affect Arctic ecosystems and biodiversity as they are linked to spring. In addition, the manual includes a number of challenges and projects designed to get young peopleeither individually or in groupsout on the land and actively investigating the natural world around them. Appendix A provides more detailed information about the organisms in the pocket field guide. Appendix B provides printable worksheets for some of the suggested activities.
Introduction to the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report.
A poster on the Circumpolar Biodiversity Montioring Program (CBMP).
Setting the scene for the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report.
Paper describing the scope, purpose, need and status of the CircumArctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment (CARMA) Network based on discussions from the first two official annual meetings.
Sea ice biota chapter of the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report covering four Focal Ecosystem Components: Bacteria and Archaea, microalgae and other protists, meiofauna and under-ice macrofauna.
The 2006 Annual Report from the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP).
Á vorin kviknar náttúran til lífsins, kynntu þér vorið nærri þér
Plankton chapter of the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report covering four Focal Ecosystem Components: Bacteria and Archaea, microbial eukaryotes, phytoplankton, and zooplankton.
A broad assessment of community based monitoring for diverse audiences that explores different community based monitoring programs in an effort to highlight the best and most successful practices of each. It is also designed for use as a framework for custom-tailoring specific community-based monitoring projects, and as an application to monitoring efforts in non-Arctic regions.
Available in Chinese
Benthos chapter of the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report covering two Focal Ecosystem Components: megafauna, and macrofauna.
A framework document for developing an integrated monitoring framework for seabirds.
Fishes chapter of the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report covering three Focal Ecosystem Components: Greenland halibut, polar cod and capelin.
This report provides an overview of the BSSN concept, its history, and the pilot project results. It informs the broader community of scientists, governments, and Arctic residents about the project’s findings and shares the lessons learned. The Bearing Sea Subnetwork Additionally offers a HTML version of the document. To look at the HTML version click here
Seabirds chapter of the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report covering eight Focal Ecosystem Components: glaucous gull, ivory gull, least auklet, little auk, common murre, thick-billed murre, black-legged kittiwake, common eider.
The 2008 Annual Report of the Bearing Sea Sub-Network- International Community-Based Environmental Observation Alliance for the Arctic Observing Network (BSSN).
Fræðist um tjarnir og lífríkið með því að búa til vatnasjá og fræðast um töfraheim tjarna.
Marine mammals chapter of the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report covering 11 Focal Ecosystem Components: walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), ringed seal (Pusa hispida) bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), spotted seal (Phoca largha), ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata), harp seal (Phoca groenlandica) hooded seal (Cystophora cristata), beluga (Delphinapterus leucas), bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), narwhal (Monodon monoceros), and polar bear (Ursus maritimus).
The Arctic Report Card annually tracks and reports on the status and trends of the Arctic.
This Leaders Manual and its related pocket field guide look at some of the organisms and processes closely associated with ponds. The pocket field guide focuses on a set of plants and animals that are associated with ponds with brief information about how they fit into an ecosystem. The Leaders Manual provides background information about freshwater ponds, the nature of ecosystems and some of the changes and threats that could affect Arctic ecosystems and biodiversity. Appendix A provides more detailed information about the organisms in the pocket field guide. Appendix B provides printable worksheets for the activities designed to get young people either individually or in groups out on the land and actively investigating the natural world around them.
(Size: letter, North American paper)
Synthesis: Status and trends of Arctic marine biodiversity and monitoring
Background paper for an Arctic protected areas monitoring scheme that would identify a suite of biodiversity monitoring measures that would be commonly monitored across the Arctic and implemented in a standardized way by each agency. This initiative is intended to enable coordinated reporting of biodiversity in Arctic protected areas and to provide a circumpolar understanding of change occurring within protected areas around the Arctic region.
Annex 4.1: List of common and scientific species names
The Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan (CBMP-Marine Plan) is the first of the CBMP’s four pan-Arctic biodiversity monitoring plans. The overall goal of the CBMP-Marine Plan is to improve our ability to detect and understand the causes of long-term change in the composition, structure and function of Arctic marine ecosystems, as well as to develop authoritative assessments of key elements of Arctic marine biodiversity (e.g., key indicators, ecologically pivotal and/or other important taxa).
This Leaders Manual and its related pocket field guide look at some of the organisms and processes closely associated with ponds. The pocket field guide focuses on a set of plants and animals that are associated with pondswith brief information about how they fit into an ecosystem. The Leaders Manual provides background information about freshwater ponds, the nature of ecosystems and some of the changes and threats that could affect Arctic ecosystems and biodiversity. Appendix A provides more detailed information about the organisms in the pocket field guide. Appendix B provides printable worksheets for the activities designed to get young peopleeither individually or in groupsout on the land and actively investigating the natural world around them.
(Size A4 international paper size)
The State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report identifies trends in key marine species and points to important gaps in biodiversity monitoring efforts across key ecosystem components in: sea ice biota, plankton, benthos, marine fishes, seabirds and marine mammals. Changes in these species are likely to indicate changes in the overall marine environment.
A newsletter of the Arctic Birds Breeding Conditions Survey (ABBCS).
