| | Biodiversity Assessment of the Barents Sea Ecoregion |
| | 3,62 | | MB |
| | 160 | | stron |
| | 6447 | | ID | World Wildlife Fund International |
| | 2004 | | rok |
| | Table of contents |
| | Preface. IV |
| | List of figures . VII |
| | Executive summary (English) . 1 |
| | Executive summary (Russian) . 6 |
| | Introduction: The Framework . 14 |
| | A sea of opportunities 14 |
| | The global 200 Ecoregions and the global conservation challenge 15 |
| | Biodiversity: Its meaning and measurement 18 |
| | The structure of the assessment and the process behind it 19 |
| | Description of the Barents Sea Ecoregion . 22 |
| | A productive and fluctuating environment 22 |
| | Human population 25 |
| | Benthic organisms 26 |
| | Plankton 29 |
| | Ice Flora and Fauna 32 |
| | Fish 32 |
| | Seabirds 34 |
| | Marine mammals 42 |
| | Past, present and future environmental challenges 49 |
| | Fisheries 49 |
| | Human influence on seabird populations 52 |
| | Marine mammal hunting 54 |
| | Introduced species 55 |
| | Petroleum activities 57 |
| | Shipping 60 |
| | Pollution 61 |
| | Radioactive contamination 64 |
| | Fish farming 70 |
| | Climate change 71 |
| | Threat assessments 72 |
| | Protected areas 76 |
| | Identifying priority areas for biodiversity conservation . 80 |
| | The Barents Sea biodiversity workshop 80 |
| | Step 1: A subregional classification of the ecoregion 82 |
| | Step 2: Nominating valuable areas 83 |
| | Marine mammals: nominated areas 84 |
| | Seabirds: nominated areas 86 |
| | Plankton and ice edge organisms: nominated areas 89 |
| | Fish: nominated areas 92 |
| | Benthic organisms: nominated areas 95 |
| | Step 3: Identifying overall priority areas 97 |
| | Descriptions of subregions and priority areas . 100 |
| | Subregion I. The western Shelf Edge 100 |
| | Subregion II. The Norwegian Coastal Current and the Norwegian and Murman Coast 102 |
| | Subregion III. White Sea 108 |
| | Subregion IV. Central Barents Sea south of the Polar Front 113 |
| | Subregion V. Nenets coast and Pechora Sea 117 |
| | Subregion VI. Novaya Zemlya and western coast with banks 121 |
| | Subregion VII. Central Barents Sea north of the Polar Front 124 |
| | Subregion VIII. Svalbard archipelago and the Spitsbergen Bank 125 |
| | Subregion IX. Franz Josef Land 129 |
| | Subregion X. Kara Sea and eastern Novaya Zemlya 130 |
| | Conservation first 134 |
| | Marine protected areas 134 |
| | Towards a conservation strategy 136 |
| | References . 138 |
| | Map references . 148 |
| | Appendices |
| | Appendix 1: Seabird colonies in the Barents Sea Ecoregion |
| | Appendix 2: Walrus and Polar Bear localities in the Barents Sea Ecoregion |
| | Appendix 3: Existing and abandoned coastal settlements |
| | Appendix 4: Important international agreements |