CAFF 2013: List of Marine Fishes of the Arctic Region Annotated with Common Names and Zoogeographic Characterizations
Geographical coverage
| Geographical scale of the assessment | Regional |
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Geographical scale of the assessment
Regional
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Conceptual framework, methodology and scope
Assessment objectives
A recent review of historical and new records of species presence produced an annotated list of the marine fishes occurring in the arctic region (Mecklenburg et al. 2010). Considerable new taxonomic and distributional information has already accumulated since that review. In addition to bringing the scientific names list up to date with new or removed species and various nomenclatural changes, in this edition authors have provided the most common or offficially recommended English, French, Norwegian and Russian vernaculars. Zoogeographic characterizations (e.g., arctic, arctic-boreal, boreal) from the earlier review are also included with a few additions following the same definitions.
This edition presented here is being used by the CBMP Marine Fish Expert Network as a baseline document which will be revised from time to time with, for instance, addition of names in other languages and new fish species as they are discovered in the arctic region.
A recent review of historical and new records of species presence produced an annotated list of the marine fishes occurring in the arctic region (Mecklenburg et al. 2010). Considerable new taxonomic and distributional information has already accumulated since that review. In addition to bringing the scientific names list up to date with new or removed species and various nomenclatural changes, in this edition we have provided the most common or officially recommended English, French, Norwegian, and Russian vernaculars. Zoogeographic characterizations (e.g., arctic, arctic-boreal, boreal) from the earlier review are also included, with a few additions following the same definitions.
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http://caff.is/marine/marine-monitoring-publications/257-list-of-marine-fishes-of-the-arctic-region-annotated-with-common-names-and-zooge
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Impacts of change in services on human well-being
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Assessment reports peer reviewed
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Data
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Policy impact
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Independent or other review on policy impact of the assessment
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