(Table 1) Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2008
Forty-six sightings of bowhead whales have been reported from the Svalbard area between 1940 and 2009. But, only three of these sightings are reported prior to 1980. Most observations involve only one or two whales, but groups of up to seven individuals have been seen recently. Increased ship traffi...
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Forty-six sightings of bowhead whales have been reported from the Svalbard area between 1940 and 2009. But, only three of these sightings are reported prior to 1980. Most observations involve only one or two whales, but groups of up to seven individuals have been seen recently. Increased ship traffic, particularly cruise-based tourism, in the north undoubtedly provides more opportunities for spotting this species, and the establishment of a structured cetacean sighting programme, as well as increase in effort in documenting sightings from a wider marine user-community, likely all play a role in more records being documented in recent years. The absence of a dedicated monitoring programme for ice-associated cetaceans and the generally low scientific activity level in this field in Svalbard Waters hampers firm conclusions about the trends in abundance of bowhead whales in the Svalbard area. |
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(Table 1) Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2008 |
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(Table 1) Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2008 |
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(Table 1) Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2008 |
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(Table 1) Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2008 |
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(Table 1) Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2008 |
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(table 1) observations of bowhead whales (balaena mysticetus) in the svalbard area 1940-2008 |
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Anonymous (1981): Denmark progress report on whale research, 1978-79. Paper presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, June 1981, SC/31 Anonymous (1983): Norway progress report on cetacean research. June 1981 to May 1982. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, 33, 231-236, https://iwc.int/scientific-research/reports/scprogress Christiansen, B (1962): The Greenland rightwhale and whales that sleep. Nor Hvalfang Tid, 51, 55-56 Clark, C W; Brown, L M (1991): Acoustic detection of bowhead whales from the East Greenland-Spitsbergen stock in spring 1989. Paper presented to the International Whaling Commission ScientiWc Committee, June 1989, SC/43/PS19 Haug, Tore (1980): A bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus L. observed on Tanasnaget (N71°00', E28°51') in May 1980. Fauna, 33, 158-159 Isaksen, K (1998): Grønlandshval. In: Isaksen K, Syvertsen PO, van der Kooij J, Rinden H (eds) Truete pattedyr i Norge: faktaark og forslag til rødliste. Norsk Zoologisk Forening, Oslo (Greenland whale In Threatened mammals in Norway: factsheet and recommendation for Red Listing. Norwegian Zoological Association-published in Norwegian), 5, 93-97 Jonsgård, A (1981): Bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, observed in arctic waters of the eastern North Atlantic after the second world war. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, 31, 38-92, https://iwc.int/scientific-research/reports/scprogress Larsen, T (1974): Observations of animal life in Svalbard in 1974. Nor Polarinst Årbok, 211-220 McQuaid, C D (1986): Post-1980 sightings of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from the Spitsbergen stock. Marine Mammal Science, 2(4), 316-318, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1986.tb00141.x Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Berge, L; Janik, V M; Kovacs, Kit Maureen; Swift, R N; Lydersen, Christian (2008): Surveys of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the northeast Atlantic in 2006 and 2008. Paper presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, June 2008, SC/60/BRG32 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.841840 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841840 |
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ftpangaea:oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.841840 2024-09-15T17:52:02+00:00 (Table 1) Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2008 Wiig, Øystein Bachmann, Lutz Øien, Nils Kovacs, Kit Maureen Lydersen, Christian MEDIAN LATITUDE: 78.868043 * MEDIAN LONGITUDE: 15.122609 * SOUTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 70.450000 * WEST-BOUND LONGITUDE: -0.500000 * NORTH-BOUND LATITUDE: 82.500000 * EAST-BOUND LONGITUDE: 39.000000 * DATE/TIME START: 1958-08-20T00:00:00 * DATE/TIME END: 2009-07-04T00:00:00 2010 text/tab-separated-values, 275 data points https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.841840 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841840 en eng PANGAEA Anonymous (1981): Denmark progress report on whale research, 1978-79. Paper presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, June 1981, SC/31 Anonymous (1983): Norway progress report on cetacean research. June 1981 to May 1982. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, 33, 231-236, https://iwc.int/scientific-research/reports/scprogress Christiansen, B (1962): The Greenland rightwhale and whales that sleep. Nor Hvalfang Tid, 51, 55-56 Clark, C W; Brown, L M (1991): Acoustic detection of bowhead whales from the East Greenland-Spitsbergen stock in spring 1989. Paper presented to the International Whaling Commission ScientiWc Committee, June 1989, SC/43/PS19 Haug, Tore (1980): A bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus L. observed on Tanasnaget (N71°00', E28°51') in May 1980. Fauna, 33, 158-159 Isaksen, K (1998): Grønlandshval. In: Isaksen K, Syvertsen PO, van der Kooij J, Rinden H (eds) Truete pattedyr i Norge: faktaark og forslag til rødliste. Norsk Zoologisk Forening, Oslo (Greenland whale In Threatened mammals in Norway: factsheet and recommendation for Red Listing. Norwegian Zoological Association-published in Norwegian), 5, 93-97 Jonsgård, A (1981): Bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, observed in arctic waters of the eastern North Atlantic after the second world war. Reports of the International Whaling Commission, 31, 38-92, https://iwc.int/scientific-research/reports/scprogress Larsen, T (1974): Observations of animal life in Svalbard in 1974. Nor Polarinst Årbok, 211-220 McQuaid, C D (1986): Post-1980 sightings of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from the Spitsbergen stock. Marine Mammal Science, 2(4), 316-318, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1986.tb00141.x Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Berge, L; Janik, V M; Kovacs, Kit Maureen; Swift, R N; Lydersen, Christian (2008): Surveys of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the northeast Atlantic in 2006 and 2008. Paper presented to the International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee, June 2008, SC/60/BRG32 https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.841840 https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.841840 CC-BY-3.0: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Access constraints: unrestricted info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Supplement to: Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Øien, Nils; Kovacs, Kit Maureen; Lydersen, Christian (2010): Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2009. Polar Biology, 33(7), 979-984, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0776-1 Area/locality Balaena mysticetus Comment DATE/TIME Identification International Polar Year (2007-2008) IPY LATITUDE LONGITUDE MULT Multiple investigations Quality flag Reference/source Svalbard dataset 2010 ftpangaea https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.84184010.1007/s00300-010-0776-110.1111/j.1748-7692.1986.tb00141.x 2024-07-24T02:31:33Z Forty-six sightings of bowhead whales have been reported from the Svalbard area between 1940 and 2009. But, only three of these sightings are reported prior to 1980. Most observations involve only one or two whales, but groups of up to seven individuals have been seen recently. Increased ship traffic, particularly cruise-based tourism, in the north undoubtedly provides more opportunities for spotting this species, and the establishment of a structured cetacean sighting programme, as well as increase in effort in documenting sightings from a wider marine user-community, likely all play a role in more records being documented in recent years. The absence of a dedicated monitoring programme for ice-associated cetaceans and the generally low scientific activity level in this field in Svalbard Waters hampers firm conclusions about the trends in abundance of bowhead whales in the Svalbard area. Dataset Arctic Balaena mysticetus International Polar Year IPY Polar Biology Svalbard PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science ENVELOPE(-0.500000,39.000000,82.500000,70.450000) |