Genetic diversity of historical Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from Bjørnøya and Håøya (Tusenøyane), Svalbard, Norway

• Main Authors: Lindqvist, Charlotte, Tilottama Roy, Lydersen, Christian, Kovacs, Kit, Aars, Jon, Wiig, Øystein, Bachmann, Lutz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Figshare 2016
• Subjects: Genetics; FOS Biological sciences; 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; FOS Earth and related environmental sciences; Ecology; 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified; Inorganic Chemistry; FOS Chemical sciences; Svalbard; Norway; Bjørnøya; Tusenøyane; Odobenus rosmarus; walrus*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3632102; https://figshare.com/collections/Genetic_diversity_of_historical_Atlantic_walruses_Odobenus_rosmarus_rosmarus_from_Bj_rn_ya_and_H_ya_Tusen_yane_Svalbard_Norway/3632102

Abstract Background The population size of Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) is depleted relative to historical abundance levels. In Svalbard, centuries of over-exploitation brought the walrus herds to the verge of extinction, and such bottlenecks may have caused loss of genetic variati...