A genetic comparison of West Greenland and Baffin Island (Canada) walruses: Management implications

• Published in: NAMMCO Scientific Publications
• Main Authors: Liselotte Wesley Andersen, Erik W Born, Robert EA Stewart, Rune Dietz, DW Doidge, Clement Lanthier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2014
• Subjects: walrus; Odobenus rosmarus; genetics; stocks; West Greenland; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Canada; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Baffin; Davis Strait; greenlandic; walrus*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/3.2610; https://doaj.org/article/1e97328a231b498297f15b2ba543129b

Until recently Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) have been subject to relatively intense exploitation in West Greenland. Animals in this stock have also been hunted in Nunavut/Canada. However, the demographic identity of these animals and their connection with walruses in neighbouring a...