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Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) : Freshwater Tom Barry1, Hólmgrímur Helgason1, Louise McRae2, Mike Gill3, Michael Svoboda4 1 Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), Borgir, Nordurslod, 603, Akureyri, Iceland; 2 Zoological Society of London, Regents Park, NW1 4RY, London, Canada; 3 Polar Knowledge Canada, 360 Albert Street, Ontario, Canada; 4 Environment and Climate Change Canada, Whitehorse, Canada Corresponding ([email protected]) author(s): Tom Barry ([email protected]), Hólmgrímur Helgason Received {date}; Revised {date}; Accepted {date}; Published {date} Citation: Combination of authors, year of data paper publication (in parentheses), Title, Journal Name, Volume, Issue number (in parentheses), and doi of the data paper. Resource Citation 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, Freshwater, CAFF, CBMP, ASTI, Arctic Species Trend Index, abundance, Occurrence, Arctic, Arctic biodiversity, trends, vertebrates, Freshwater, 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. Project details Project title: Arctic Species Trend Index: Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Data published through GBIF: http://geo.abds.is/ipt/resource?r=asti_freshwater Spatial coverage General spatial coverage: Arctic for all species included. For 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 Method step description: Datasets Dataset description Object name: Darwin Core Archive Arctic Species Trend Index (ASTI) : Freshwater Character encoding: UTF-8 Format name: Darwin Core Archive format Format version: 1.0 Distribution: http://geo.abds.is/ipt/archive.do?r=asti_freshwater Publication date of data: 2016-04-28 Language: English Licences of use: This work is licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode">Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License</a>. Metadata language: English Date of metadata creation: 2016-04-27 Hierarchy level: Dataset