Freshwater Expert Monitoring Group (FEMG) Workshop: Uppsala, Sweden: November 22-25, 2010

A summary of the outcomes of the first international meeting of the Freshwater Expert Monitoring Group (FEMG) of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Montioring Program (CBMP). Steering Group members and national freshwater monitoring experts identified ecosystem components and processes that should be included in the development of a multi-disciplinary, integrated pan-Arctic monitoring plan describing optimal sampling schemes, common parameters and standardized monitoring protocols.