The endangered Spitsbergen bowhead whales' secrets revealed after hundreds of years in hiding

Spitsbergen's bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) were hunted to near extinction in the world's first commercial whaling enterprise; this population clearly remains threatened, but nothing is known about its distribution, making assessment unfeasible. In this study, we document range, move...

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Published in:Biology Letters
Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Lydersen, Christian, Vacquiè-Garcia, Jade, Shpak, Olga, Glazov, Dmitry, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2020
Subjects:
Conservation Biology
Arctic
Franz Josef Land
Greenland
Balaena mysticetus
barents region
bowhead whale
East Greenland
Sea ice
Spitsbergen
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7336847/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32516566
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0148

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