The Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan: The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Plan

The Arctic Biodiversity Monitoring Plan provides scientific advice on how to monitor Arctic sea life, from plankton to polar bears. Arctic ecosystems host unique assemblages of organisms. The size and nature of arctic ecosystems make them critically important to the biological, chemical, and physical balance of the globe. Dramatic changes, now underway are threatening arctic biodiversity, the resilience of arctic species, the potential for human use of the Arctic’s components, and the overall balance of its