Infographic 10 — The Canadian Arctic: Species and the environment are affected by neighbourhood connections

A map-based infographic shows how species and the environment are affected by neighbourhood connections. A map of the Arctic is in the background with several informational bubbles. Greenland is found the top of the map. In the top left corner is a legend showing orange, yellow and grey coloured boxes indicating year round, summer/autumn and winter/spring areas of use for mobile predators. Several sections are shown on the Arctic map in orange, yellow and grey colours to indicate changes in migration areas of mobile predators between seasons. At far left of the map, along the Pacific coast, is a dark blue arrow pointing northwards towards the Arctic Ocean indicating the movement of nutrients from the Pacific to Arctic Ocean. A blue bubble sits over Alaska with a dashed line pointed towards the Pacific arrow indicating movement of acidic Pacific water. At the top centre of the map a white bubble shows an icon of a Greenland shark with an arrow on the map showing migration from Jones Sound to northern Greenland. A white bubble in the middle of the map shows an icon of a King Eider with an arrow pointing northward to Greenland. An arrow is shown pointing downward from the Atlantic Ocean into the Eastern Arctic and Hudson Bay. Associated with it is a white bubble in the bottom centre of the map showing an icon of a killer whale chasing an icon of a narwhal with forward-facing arrows. At the far right of the screen is a white bubble with an icon of a herring gull with an arrow pointing southwards. In the far right corner of the map is a dark blue arrow pointing west showing the movement of nutrients from the Atlantic Ocean into the Arctic.

• Mobile predators use multiple areas during the year
• Year-round
• Summer/Autumn only
• Winter/Spring only
• Nutrients
• Pacific Ocean water flowing in to the Arctic has become more acidic
• Greenland sharks migrate from Jones sound to northern Greenland
• King Eiders migrate to Greenland
• Killer whales move from the Atlantic into the Eastern Arctic and Hudson Bay, which disrupts other marine mammals
• Herring gulls migrate from the Arctic to the Gulf of Mexico
• Knowledge of connections between oceans and among Arctic areas is needed to understand and manage changes