2017 년 9 월 20 일 북극 생태계 및 생태계 서비스에 대한 연구 필요성에 관한 AMAP / EU-PolarNet 이해 관계자 워크샵에 대한 최종 보고서가 발표되었다. 북극 생태계 및 생태계 서비스에 대한 연구 필요성에 관한 AMAP / EU-PolarNet 이해 관계자 워크숍에서의 발표와 토론을 토대로 다수의 우선 순위 연구 필요성이 확인되었다.

이 보고서에서 선정한 시급한 연구는 다음과 같다.

• Multidisciplinary, decadal-long research programs in the seasonal ice zone
• Process studies
• Conceptual frameworks of how Arctic ecosystems could evolve in the coming years
• Development is needed of new technologies
• Coordinated measurements are needed of key properties and processes
• Comprehensive all-year network of monitoring stations
• Investigation of the effects of increasing amounts of freshwater in Arctic Ocean surface
  waters on, for example, circulation
• Investigation of the effects of Arctic Ocean acidification on marine organisms
• Analysis of species composition and fish stocks in the marine areas currently accessible, both pelagic and benthic, as a basis for long-term monitoring programs for key species and ecosystems
• Screening for new chemicals arriving in the Arctic via long-range transport
• Studies of the distribution and effects of plastics and microplastics in Arctic ecosystems
• Synthesizing historical baseline information to better understand how climate-related environmental shifts will influence ecosystem structure and function in the future