The Davis Strait - DCE - Nationalt Center for Miljø og Energi

Contents
Preface 5
Summary and conclusions 6
Dansk resumé 18
Imaqarniliaq kalaallisooq 30
1 Introduction 44
1.1 Coverage of the SEIA 45
1.2 Abbreviations and acronyms 46
2 Summary of petroleum activities 48
2.1 Seismic surveys 48
2.2 Exploration drilling 48
2.3 Drilling mud and cuttings 49
2.4 Appraisal drilling 49
2.5 Other exploration activities 49
2.6 Development and production 49
2.7 Produced water 50
2.8 Air emmissions 50
2.9 Other activities 51
2.10 Accidents 51
3 Physical environment 52
3.1 Weather and Climate 52
3.2 Oceanography 53
3.3 Ice conditions 54
4 Biological environment 63
4.1 Primary productivity 63
4.2 Zooplankton 65
4.3 Macrophytes 74
4.4 Benthos 81
4.5 Sea ice community 84
4.6 Fish and shellfish 85
4.7 Seabirds 93
4.8 Marine mammals 119
4.9 Summary of Valued Ecosystem Components (VECs) 146
5 Natural resource use 149
5.1 Commercial fisheries 149
5.2 Subsistence and recreational fisheries and hunting 155
5.3 Tourism 164