Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) : Marine

Tom Barry1, Hólmgrímur Helgason2, Louise McRae3, Mike Gill4, Michael Svoboda5, Joan Eamer6, Tom Barry7

1 Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Secretariat, Borgir, Nordurslod, 603, Akureyri, Iceland; 2 Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), Borgir, Nordurslod, 603, Akureyri, Iceland; 3 Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, NW1 4RY, London, United Kingdom; 4 Polar Knowledge Canada, 360 Albert Street, Ontario, Canada; 5 Environment and Climate Change Canada, Whitehorse, Canada; 6 Eamer Science & Policy, Vancouver, Canada; 7 CAFF Secretariat, Akureyri, Iceland

Corresponding author(s): Tom Barry (tom@caff.is), Hólmgrímur Helgason (hoddi@caff.is)

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Abstract

The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program, a cornerstone programme of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), Arctic Council working Group is an international network of scientists, government agencies, Indigenous organizations and conservation groups working together to harmonize and integrate efforts to monitor the Arctic's living resources.CBMP experts are developing four coordinated and integrated Arctic Biodiversity Monitoring Plans to help guide circumpolar monitoring efforts. Results will be channeled into effective conservation, mitigation and adaptation policies supporting the Arctic. These plans represent the Arctic's major ecosystems(Marine, Freshwater, Coastal, Terrestrial). 

It is important that monitoring programs develop the most effective reporting strategies if they are to inform decision making. To facilitate effective and consistent reporting, the CBMP has chosen a suite of indices and indicators that provide a comprehensive picture of the state of Arctic biodiversity – from species to habitats to ecosystem processes to ecological services. These indices and indicators are developed in a hierarchical manner, allowing users to drill down into the data from the higher-order indices to more detailed indicators. These are being developed through an expert consultation process.

The Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) is part of this suite of indicators and indices developed by CAFFs CBMP. It tracks trends in over 300 Arctic vertebrate species and comprises the Arctic component of the Living Planet Index. It is important to identify how wildlife and ecosystems are changing in order to develop effective conservation and adaptation strategies in the Arctic, an environment undergoing dramatic changes. The ASTI describes overall trends across species, taxonomy, ecosystems, regions and other categories.

Keywords: Occurrence, Arctic, Arctic biodiversity, trends, vertebrates, Marine, CAFF, CBMP, ASTI, Arctic Species Trend Index, abundance, Observation, Arctic, Arctic biodiversity, trends, vertebrates, Marine, CAFF, CBMP, ASTI, Arctic Species Trend Index, abundance

General description

Purpose: The Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) is part of a suite of indicators and indices developed by the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program (CBMP). The CBMP is the cornerstone programme of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), Arctic Council working Group . It tracks trends in over 300 Arctic vertebrate species and comprises the Arctic component of the Living Planet Index. It is important to identify how wildlife and ecosystems are changing in order to develop effective conservation and adaptation strategies in the Arctic, an environment undergoing dramatic changes. The ASTI describes overall trends across species, taxonomy, ecosystems, regions and other categories.
Additional information: marine, harvested by iOBIS

Data published through GBIF: http://geo.abds.is/ipt/resource?r=asti_marine

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: Arctic for all species included. For Arctic Migratory birds a broader global range
Coordinates: 45°0'0''N and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

Methods

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Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) : Marine
Character encoding: UTF-8
Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://geo.abds.is/ipt/archive.do?r=asti_marine
Publication date of data: 2017-12-12
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2016-04-27
Hierarchy level: Dataset