Monitoring Monitoring divided by ecosystem components
Most of the marine mammal monitoring activity is focussed on either commercially important species or threatened species.
Different methods are used for abundance estimation of the commercially important marine mammal species in the Barents Sea. Mark-recapture experiments have been conducted for determining the abundance of harp seals since the mid 1980s (e.g. Øien and Øritsland, 1995).
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The overall goals of the seabird monitoring program are to evaluate the status and trends of seabird populations in relation to anthropogenic and natural environmental factors (Anker-Nilssen et al. 1996).Last Updated ( Thursday, 17 December 2009 18:01 )
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The seabird monitoring programme for Svalbard was initiated in 1988 (Mehlum & Bakken 1994) and seven species are now (2009) included in the programme: northern fulmar, common eider, great skua Catharacta skua, glaucous gull Larus glaucous, black-legged kittiwake, common guillemot, Brünnich’s guillemot and little auk (Strøm 2006). Monitoring of population development is carried out annually for all...
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There is no national program for monitoring of seabirds in Russia. Extensive seabird studies were initiated in the Russian part of the Barents Sea in the 1920-1930s and systematic studies on seabirds were started in 1938 in the Seven Islands archipelago (eastern Murman coast) at the same time as the archipelago was protected as a strict nature reserve. It also included two of the largest seabird c...
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More than 100 experts from a total of 9 Russian and 20 Norwegian institutions have participated in the preparation of the report, and the work has been organized in 13 expert groups. The work has been led by Sevmorgeo and PINRO on Russian side and on Norwegian side by the Institute of Marine Research and the Norwegian Polar Institute..
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BarentsPortal is a project developed under the Joint Russian - Norwegian Commission on Environmental Cooperation. The joint environmental report is a co-operation project between the Joint Russian - Norwegian Commission on Environmental Cooperation and the Joint Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission
