Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010

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Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010

A component of the comprehensive Arctic Biodiversity Assessment (ABA) of the Arctic Council, this report provides a snapshot of the trends being observed in Arctic biodiversity today. Twenty-two indicators examine the current state of the environment. Issues include sea birds, fisheries, climate change, polar bears and traditional knowledge.

Year: 2010

Tags: climate change North Sea

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Advancement of phenological events in high-arctic Greenland

Arctic biodiversity - pressures and impacts

Arctic char species complex, distribution map

Arctic conservation area (CAFF), Topographic map, ABA version (2010)

Arctic genetic trends - lemming in Arctic Russia

Arctic sea ice food web - schematic illustration

Arctic summer snow cover extent 1968-2008

Arctic terrestrial species trends 1970-2005 (ASTI)

Bovanenkovo gas field and impacts on reindeer herding (Yamal, Russia)

Consumption of harvested meat/fish in Inuit Households (Canada)

Current marine shipping uses in the Arctic

Definition of the geographic areas covered in the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment

Demography of indigenous peoples of the Arctic based on linguistic groups

Disappearing Arctic lakes - examples in Siberian lakes, 1973 to 1997

Disappearing lakes - Old Crow Basin, Canada (1951-2001)

Distribution and current trend of polar bear subpopulations throughout the circumpolar Arctic

Distribution and trends of wild Rangifer in the Arctic

Distribution of common eider, breeding and wintering ranges in the Arctic

Ice coverage and primary production in the Arctic

Invasive species response to climate change - Hydrilla spp, current and 2080 habitat suitability

Location of datasets in the Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI)

Murre colonies in the Arctic

Murre sensitivity to changes in temperature

Peatland in Arctic Russia

Permafrost loss in peatlands of northern Quebec, 1957-2003

Protected Areas in the Arctic

Protected Areas in the Arctic by IUCN category

Red Knot, distribution, breeding areas and migratory routes, by subspecies

Reindeer herding - vegetation impacts (Norway and Finland)

Simulated projections for Polar cod distribution with global warming

The Arctic and the World - migration paths

Time series of freeze-up and break-up dates from selected Northern Hemisphere lakes and rivers, 1846–1995

Trends in Arctic murre populations

Trends in Arctic shorebird populations

Trends in Arctic vegetation productivity 1982-2005 (Greening of the Arctic)

Trends in lakes in the Arctic

Trends in local meat-and fish in NWT

Trends in speakers of Arctic indigenous languages (1989-2006)

Trends in vegetation biomass, Ellsmere Island 1995-2007

Vitality of indigenous languages of the Arctic

Wild food harvests in Alaska by area, 1990s

Wild rangifer population trends

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