The Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) and Protection of the Arctic Marine Environments (PAME) working groups of the Arctic Council developed this indicator report. It provides an overview of the status and trends of protected areas in the Arctic. The data used represents the results of the 2016 update to the Protected Areas Database submitted by each of the Arctic Council member states (Annex 1). This report uses the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) definition for protected areas (see Box 1) which includes a wide range of Management Categories – from strict nature reserve to protection with sustainable use. Consequently, the level of protection and governance of these areas varies throughout the circumpolar region and its countries.

Trends in abundance of plankton Focal Ecosystem Components across each Arctic Marine Area. STATE OF THE ARCTIC MARINE BIODIVERSITY REPORT - Chapter 4 - Page 178 - Figure 4.2

This dataset presents the physicochemical and bacteriological evolution of water in rivers in southern Quebec and the St. Lawrence River. The 10-year (2015-2024) temporal trends on the rivers and in the river present the evolution of the ambient concentrations of physicochemical and bacteriological parameters, while the 20-year (2004-2023) time trends on the rivers present the evolution of loads and concentrations adjusted for the flows of physicochemical and bacteriological parameters. *Note that the temporal trends in total phosphorus have been invalidated due to an underestimation of concentrations caused by analytical biases that affect the majority of the data targeted for calculations. Therefore, they are not broadcast.**This third party metadata element was translated using an automated translation tool (Amazon Translate).**