Arctic Council Working Group - Steering Group members: CBMP Marine
CBMP Marine Biodiversity Monitoring
The CBMP is working with partners across the Arctic to harmonize and enhance long-term marine monitoring efforts, and to facilitate more powerful and cost-effective assessments through the generation of, and access to, improved circumpolar datasets.
For oceans, these efforts are led by a Marine Steering Group with expertise from six Marine Expert Networks (Sea ice biota, Plankton, Benthos, Marine fishes, Seabirds and Marine mammals) who are working to implement the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan.
The Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan is an agreement across Arctic nations to compile, harmonize and compare results from existing Arctic marine biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring efforts, across nations and oceans.
The CBMP Marine group has identified key elements, called Focal Ecosystem Components (FECs), of the Arctic marine ecosystem, where changes in FEC status likely indicate changes in the overall marine environment. For the purposes of reporting and comparison, eight physically and bio-geochemically distinct Arctic Marine Areas (AMAs) were identified.
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CBMP Marine Experts
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Michel Poulin
CBMP Marine- Sea Ice Biota Expert Network - Plankton Expert Network; ABA lead authorCanada -
Thomas Juul Pedersen
CBMP Marine Steering Group; CBMP Marine Sea Ice Biota Expert NetworkKingdom of Denmark -
Geneviève Desportes
Observer representative, CBMP Marine Mammals Expert NetworkObserver Organization -
Connie Lovejoy
CBMP Marine- Sea Ice Biota Expert Network, Plankton Expert Network; ABA lead authorCanada
CBMP Marine Steering Group
Lead Working Groups
CAFFLead Arctic States & Permanent Participants
IcelandNorway
Engaged observers
GermanyInternational Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission (NAMMCO)
Poland