Tools for monitoring, assessing and managing

Date/time: December 4, 15:00-16:30

Room: Rema 1000

Session organizers: Kári Fannar Lárusson, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna

The session is intended to explore various tools for monitoring and assessing change in Arctic biodiversity.

• Martin Hovland, Norske Shell AS: Sponges associated with Arctic coral reefs: results from a photo study off mid-Norway
• Nina Eide, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: A tool for identification and classification of vulnerable visitor sites
• Grégoire Certain, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research:  Integrated biodiversity assessment in the Barents Sea
• Anne-Mathilde Thierry, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Non-invasive measures of stress hormones as a potential management tool, using the Arctic fox in Scandinavia as a case study
• N. Konstantinova, Polar-alpine Botanical Garden Institute of Kola Science Center, Russian Academy of Sciences:  Mapping of hepatics on the Nordaustlandet, Svalbard, as the basis for their future monitoring

Session theme: Arctic change, resilience and adaption