NIS transferred to the Arctic by humans. This, however, does introduce chemicals into the marine environment causing various issues, which is why the use, quantity, and location of the biocides must be thoroughly considered and mitigated. The biodiversity loss and ways to mitigate it can not be overly generalized, however, because each region of the Arctic and the species in those regions interact with various regional physicochemical conditions that strongly impact how they react to climate change (Michel 2018). The loss of biodiversity, however, is evident and does greatly impact the overall Arctic aquatic ecosystems and the Arctic food web. Further exploration In a meta analysis of the published work in aquatic ecosystems since the term biodiversity appeared in the bibliography, the Arctic and Antarctic Polar regions were found to be still unexplored. In addition, the North Pacific Ocean (Pacific Northeast and Pacific Northwest), still has few citations in comparison to its large size. This limits our perception of the world’s aquatic biodiversity. Consequently, we do not have sufficient information about biodiversity in most places on earth. Even though biodiversity declines from the equator to the poles in terrestrial ecosystems, this is still a hypothesis to be tested in aquatic and especially marine ecosystems where causes of this phenomenon are unclear. In addition, particularly in marine ecosystems, there are several well stated cases where diversity in higher latitudes actually increases (Moustakas & Karakassis 2005). Therefore, the lack of information on biodiversity of Arctic Regions prevents scientific conclusions on the distribution of the world’s aquatic biodiversity. See also Arctic sea ice ecology and history Arctic shrinkage References External links http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/tundra.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090615004548/http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link%3D/earth/polar/polar_north.html%26edu%3Dhigh http://www.borealnet.org/overview/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070610151037/http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/ http://fairbanks-alaska.com/permafrost.htm Life in the Cold http://apollo.ogis.state.me.us/catalog/ Moustakas, A. & I. Karakassis. How diverse is aquatic biodiversity research?, Aquatic Ecology, 39, 367-375 Environment of the Arctic Tundra Taiga and boreal forests Flora of the Arctic Environmental science Ecological experiments Ecology by biogeographic realm