Diagram arctic wetland. How about arctic wetlands. Open for discussion until 1 november 2012 editor zw. These peatlands rivers lakes and shallow bays cover nearly 60 of the total surface area. Young department of geography york university toronto m3j 1p3 canada klyoungatyorkuca received 1 november 2010.
Inventories provide important information for management and policy. Wetland definitions where wetlands form types of wetlands how wetlands change over time. Kundzewicz citation assini j. The project resilience and management of arctic wetlands.
They are also the main source of. Abiotic conditions shape plant species mix. In wetlands ignoring latitude water how much there is how often and long it saturates the soil with the salinity and ph shapes everything else. Snow cover and.
Spatial and temporal seasonal patterns jane assini and kathy l. Plants as the basis for the food web with hydrology and latitude shape what animals live in a wetland. Snow cover and snowmelt of an extensive high arctic wetland. In 1996 the arctic council was established as a high level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for promoting cooperation coordination and interaction among the arctic states canada finland denmark with greenland and the faroes iceland norway russian federation sweden usa with the involvement of different arctic indigenous communities.
Accelerated climate change in the arctic provokes rapid environmental change easier access to oil and gas minerals and fisheries this threatens ecosystems through the retreat of sea ice permafrost thawing. Arctic wetlands store enormous amounts of greenhouse gases and are critical for global biodiversity. Continue reading about high altitude wetlands arctic wetlands wetlands are the main ecosystem in the arctic. The arctic wetlands project is composed of three phases and uses a social ecological systems perspective that approaches humans in nature as interacting elements in a single system.