First record of Risso's dolphin Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812) in Icelandic waters

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Chosson, Valérie, Randhawa, Haseeb S., Sigurðsson, Guðjón M., Halldórsson, Sverrir D., Björnsson, Þorvaldur Þ., Svansson, Vilhjálmur, Granquist, Sandra M., Gunnarsson, Karl, Samarra, Filipa I. P., Pampoulie, Christophe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2023
• Subjects: Hrútafjörður; Iceland; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10477; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.10477

Abstract In July 2022, two Risso's dolphins were reported stranded in Hrútafjörður (N65° 09,503; W21° 05,529), a fjord in northern Iceland. These events represent the first confirmed observations and strandings of Risso's dolphins in Icelandic waters. Given the uniqueness of these events,...