Changes in sea ice and range expansion of sperm whales in the eclipse sound region of Baffin Bay, Canada

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Posdaljian, Natalie, Soderstjerna, Caroline, Jones, Joshua M., Solsona‐Berga, Alba, Hildebrand, John A., Westdal, Kristin, Ootoowak, Alex, Baumann‐Pickering, Simone
• Other Authors: World Wildlife Fund
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Bay; Canada; Eclipse Sound; Baffin; Climate change; Physeter macrocephalus; Sea ice; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16166; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/gcb.16166; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/gcb.16166

Abstract Sperm whales ( Physeter macrocephalus ) are a cosmopolitan species but are only found in ice‐free regions of the ocean. It is unknown how their distribution might change in regions undergoing rapid loss of sea ice and ocean warming like Baffin Bay in the eastern Canadian Arctic. In 2014 and...