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Table of selected biological resources (Priority List)

This subset of species includes those in that were included in two or more national data contributions. This priority list contains 35 species, including 17 birds, 7 fish, and 11 mammals. The table also shows which nations selected each given species and the total number of countries in which the species was selected. 

 

USA

CAN

FIN

ICL

DEN/GRL

NOR

RUS

SWE

TOTAL

BIRDS (17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

x

 

x

 

x

 

x

 

4

Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

 

 

 

 

 

x

x

 

2

Black Guillemot

Cepphus grylle

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Black-legged Kittiwake

Rissa tridactyla

x

x

 

 

x

 

x

 

4

Brent Goose
 (Black Brant)

Branta bernicla

x

 

 

 

 

x

x

 

3

Common Eider

Somateria mollissima

x

x

 

 

x

 

x

 

4

Common Murre
 (Guillemot)

Uria aalge

x

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

2

Emperor Goose

Chen canagica

x

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

2

Fulmar (Northern)

Fulmaris glacialis

x

x

 

 

 

x

 

 

3

Harlequin Duck

Histrionicus histrionicus

x

 

 

 

x

 

 

 

2

Ivory Gull

Pagophila eburnean

 

x

 

 

 

 

x

 

2

King Eider

Somateria spectabilis

x

 

 

x

 

x

 

4

Long-tailed Duck

Changula hyemalis

x