Occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Russian Arctic
We report two sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) strandings observed in the south-east corner of the Barents Sea (i.e., Pechora Sea) in 2018, unusually far from the species’ hitherto known distribution. While compiling a comprehensive overview of the occurrence of sperm whale sightings and strandi...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/4583 2023-05-15T14:39:31+02:00 Occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Russian Arctic Popov, Igor Eichhorn, Götz 2020-12-30 text/html application/pdf application/epub+zip text/xml https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/4583 https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.4583 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/4583/12478 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/4583/12476 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/4583/12477 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/4583/12480 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/4583 doi:10.33265/polar.v39.4583 Copyright (c) 2020 Igor Popov, Götz Eichhorn https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 CC-BY-ND Polar Research; Vol 39 (2020) 1751-8369 Marine mammals climate change range expansion stranding distribution Barents Sea info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v39.4583 2021-11-11T19:14:21Z We report two sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) strandings observed in the south-east corner of the Barents Sea (i.e., Pechora Sea) in 2018, unusually far from the species’ hitherto known distribution. While compiling a comprehensive overview of the occurrence of sperm whale sightings and strandings in the Russian Arctic, we learnt about one further stranding in the Pechora Sea, observed in 2017. All other records were from sites considerably closer to the species’ usual distribution. Reports from the eastern Russian Arctic suggest that sperm whales rarely, if ever, entered the Arctic from the Pacific Ocean. Although observed occurrences in the Russian Barents Sea have been few and sporadic, the occurrence of sperm whales in its south-eastern section appears to be a recent phenomenon, which is possibly related to declining sea-ice cover. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Barents Sea Climate change Pechora Pechora Sea Physeter macrocephalus Polar Research Sea ice Sperm whale Polar Research (E-Journal) Arctic Barents Sea Pacific Polar Research 39 |
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We report two sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) strandings observed in the south-east corner of the Barents Sea (i.e., Pechora Sea) in 2018, unusually far from the species’ hitherto known distribution. While compiling a comprehensive overview of the occurrence of sperm whale sightings and strandings in the Russian Arctic, we learnt about one further stranding in the Pechora Sea, observed in 2017. All other records were from sites considerably closer to the species’ usual distribution. Reports from the eastern Russian Arctic suggest that sperm whales rarely, if ever, entered the Arctic from the Pacific Ocean. Although observed occurrences in the Russian Barents Sea have been few and sporadic, the occurrence of sperm whales in its south-eastern section appears to be a recent phenomenon, which is possibly related to declining sea-ice cover. |
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Occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Russian Arctic |
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Occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Russian Arctic |
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Occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Russian Arctic |
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Occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Russian Arctic |
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Occurrence of sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) in the Russian Arctic |
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