Download FMA Breakout Nov. 4 - BDL

Impact hypotheses, indicators and existing monitoring – BDL-WGG
FEC
Phytoplankton
Parameters
species composition
abundance
primary production
Zooplankton
species composition
abundance
Ongoing monitoring
Marine Basic Nuuk
Diversity and gene expression in arctic microbes (NSERC)
C30: Canada's Three Oceans (IPY)
Marine Biological Hotspots: Ecosystem services and susceptibility); The
circumpolar flaw lead (CFL) system study (IPY, ArcticNet, NSERC)
Census of Arctic Marine phytoplankton and sea ice algae+protists
(Canadian Healthy Oceans Network)
Zooplankton and Phytoplankton monitoring with instrumented moorings
(DFO) (abundance only)
Marine Basic Nuuk
Zooplankton and Phytoplankton monitoring with instrumented moorings
(DFO) (abundance only)
Climat et écosystèmes des mers glacées (transl. : Climate and
ecosystems of the frozen seas) (NSERC)
Census of Arctic Marine Zooplankton (Canadian Healthy Oceans
Network)
C30: Canada's Three Oceans (IPY)
Benthos
(abundance of sea urchins
and mussels?)
Marine Basic Nuuk (MBN) Environmental impact assessment activities
verify if Canadian projects capture sea urchins and mussels - Impact of
Climate Change on Arctic Benthos (ArcticNet, CHONe); C30: Canada's
Three Oceans (IPY); Multi-species Survey (DFO)
Benthic/demersal
fishes and shrimp
species composition
abundance
GINR fisheries survey cruises
For GL halibut and shrimp:
length, sex, weight,
maturity
biomass
Multi-species Survey (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)
Pelagic fishes
Seabirds
presence (capelin, Arctic
cod)
abundance at colonies
(thick-billed murre, blacklegged kittiwakes, eiders)
productivity
Area
Godthåbsfjorden, West Greenland
Transects up Davis Strait, Baffin Bay
and in Lancaster Sound (NSERC, C3O,
CFL)
check on area for Census of Arctic
Marine phytoplankton
Eastern Barrow Strait (DFO moorings)
Godthåbsfjorden, West Greenland
E. Barrow Strait
North Water (northern Baffin Bay)
Baffin Bay
Transects up Davis Strait, Baffin Bay
and in Lancaster Sound
Kobbefjord, West Greenland
Transects along Lancaster Sound, and
down Baffin Bay and Davis Strait
(CHONe and IPY); Baffin Bay, Davis
Strait (DFO)
West coast of Greenland between
59°15'N and 72°30'N from the 3-mile
limit to the 600 m depth contour line.
West coast of Greenland between
59°15'N and 72°30'N from the 3-mile
limit to the 600 m depth contour line.
Baffin Bay and Davis Strait
GINR fisheries survey cruises
Cumberland Sound ecosystem and invasive species (Ocean Tracking
Network (OTN), Strategic Network Grant)
Commercial Fisheries (DFO)
GINR fisheries survey cruises (accidental capture only; capelin and cod
are not targetted in monitoring)
Climat et écosystèmes des mers glacées (transl. : Climate and
ecosystems of the frozen seas) (NSERC Northern Research
Supplements Program)
Cumberland Sound ecosystem and invasive species (Ocean Tracking
Network (OTN), Strategic Network Grant) (capelin)
Monitoring of seabirds in Greenland
Hunting statistics (Piniarneq)
(GL has some productivity activities associated with the monitoring
program, but not part of core monitoring)
Effects of climate change on Canadian seabirds (e.g. how the timing of
bird arrival to nesting areas coincide with ice changes over time)
(Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, University partners, PCSP)
Core monitoring - seabirds (thick-billed murre) (Northern Contaminants
Program)
Cumberland Sound
Baffin Bay
West coast of Greenland between
59°15'N and 72°30'N from the 3-mile
limit to the 600 m depth contour line.
North Water (northern Baffin Bay)
Cumberland Sound
West Greenland
Prince Leopold Island, Cape Vera
(Devon Island)
Prince Leopold Island
Notes
Ringed Seals
distribution
abundance
GL How often and when was the last time? hunting data?
C30: Canada's Three Oceans (IPY)
Marine Mammal Telemetry (IPY)
Arctic marine mammals and northerners' adaptations (ArcticNet)
Regular survey of marine mammals across the Canadian Arctic (DFO)
Global Warming and Arctic Marine Mammals (GWAMM): Building a
legacy of Sustainable Community-Based Monitoring in the Canadian
Arctic (IPY, DFO, NWMB)
Core monitoring - ringed seals (Northern Contaminants Program)
Transects along Lancaster Sound, and
down Baffin Bay and Davis Strait (IPY)
Cumberland Sound, Prince Regent
Inlet, Lancaster Sound
Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, Lancaster
Sound (check if also Cumberland
Sound?)
E. Canadian Arctic
While GL does not
monitor ringed seals,
they are recognized
as important across
the circumpolar
region
Nunavut communities along Davis
Strait, Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound
Resolute, Arctic Bay, Pangnirtung, Pond
Inlet, Qikiqtarjuaq (spatial patterns)
Walrus (NEW)
Whales
distribution
abundance
abundance
distribution (narwhal,
beluga, bowhead whales)
to be followed up; aerial surveys, catch statistics (GL)
Arctic marine mammals and northerners' adaptations (ArcticNet)
Regular survey of marine mammals across the Canadian Arctic (DFO)
Canada to check for other programs and projects
Monitoring of marine mammals in Greenland
Population estimates and hunting statistics
GL to follow up further (with Fernando?)
Cumberland Sound ecosystem and invasive species (Ocean Tracking
Network (OTN), Strategic Network Grant)
Arctic marine mammals and northerners' adaptations (ArcticNet)
Core monitoring - beluga (Northern Contaminants Program)
Global Warming and Arctic Marine Mammals (GWAMM): Building a
legacy of Sustainable Community-Based Monitoring in the Canadian
Arctic (IPY, DFO, NWMB)
Regular survey of marine mammals across the Canadian Arctic (DFO)
Bowhead Whale Traditional Knowledge Study
Core monitoring – narwhal (Northern Contaminants Program)
Polar Bears
distribution
abundance
condition
diet
Long-term monitoring of polar bears (Environment Canada, others)
Arctic marine mammals and northerners' adaptations (ArcticNet)
Core monitoring - polar bear (Northern Contaminants Program)
People
hunting statistics (for
accessibility and changes
to supply)
health indicators
GL and Canada both have good hunting records
Hunting statistics (Piniarneq) Statistics Greenland
Inuit Health Survey (Northern Contaminants Program, ArcticNet)
Human Biomonitoring Program (Northern Contaminants Program)
Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, Lancaster
Sound (check if Cumberland Sound?)
E. Canadian Arctic
W. coast of Greenland
West Greenland
Cumberland Sound
Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, Lancaster
Sound (check if also Cumberland
Sound?)
Resolute (Lancaster Sound/Barrow
Strait), Iqaluit (Cumberland Sound)
Nunavut communities along Davis
Strait, Baffin Bay, Lancaster Sound
E. Canadian Arctic
Communities along Davis Strait, Baffin
Bay, Lancaster Sound
Iqaluit, Arctic Bay, Clyde River and
Qikiqtarjuaq (spatial patterns)
Baffin Basin
Davis Strait, Baffin Bay, Lancaster
Sound (check if also Cumberland
Sound?)
Lancaster Sound/Jones Sound, NE.
Baffin Island, and SE. Baffin Island
(spatial patterns)
West Greenland
Communities along Davis Strait, Baffin
Bay, Lancaster Sound
Communities along Davis Strait, Baffin
Bay, Lancaster Sound
SLiCA?
C to follow up on surveys on whether harvesting needs are being met
GL to follow up on health surveys?
Proxy
Sea Ice
various parameters
Canadian Ice Service publications and datasets
all areas in the FMA
While GL does not
have a formal polar
bear monitoring
program they are
recognized as
important across the
circumpolar region