Marine mammal biodiversity and rare narwhal ( Monodon monoceros) observations near northern Ellesmere Island, Canada

• Published in: Ecosphere
• Main Authors: Carlyle, Cody G., Florko, Katie R. N., Young, Brent G., Yurkowski, David J., Michel, Christine, Ferguson, Steven H.
• Other Authors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, W. Garfield Weston Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Archer; Arctic; Canada; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; Arctic marine mammals; Erignathus barbatus; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Odobenus rosmarus; Pusa hispida; Sea ice; walrus*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3534; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecs2.3534; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ecs2.3534; https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ecs2.3534

Abstract A climate‐driven decline of sea ice has increased international interest in understanding the ecology of seldom studied high‐Arctic regions projected to retain the last remnants of summer sea ice. Arctic marine mammals are vulnerable to future environmental change due to their high dependen...