Methodological details and supplementary figures and Table from 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, mo...
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ftroysocietyfig:oai:figshare.com:article/12402830 2023-05-15T15:05:05+02:00 Methodological details and supplementary figures and Table from The endangered Spitsbergen bowhead whales' secrets revealed after hundreds of years in hiding Kit M. Kovacs Christian Lydersen Jade Vacquiè-Garcia Olga Shpak Dmitry Glazov Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen 2020-06-01T06:32:06Z https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12402830.v2 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Methodological_details_and_supplementary_figures_and_Table_from_The_endangered_Spitsbergen_bowhead_whales_secrets_revealed_after_hundreds_of_years_in_hiding/12402830 unknown doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.12402830.v2 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Methodological_details_and_supplementary_figures_and_Table_from_The_endangered_Spitsbergen_bowhead_whales_secrets_revealed_after_hundreds_of_years_in_hiding/12402830 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Ecology climate changes conservation distribution sea ice ocean temperatures Text Journal contribution 2020 ftroysocietyfig https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12402830.v2 2022-01-01T19:30:40Z 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, movement patterns and habitat preferences of this population, based on tagging done from an icebreaker-based helicopter. Despite their reduced abundance, Spitsbergen's bowhead whales occupy much of their historical range, stretching across the northern Barents Region from East Greenland eastward to Franz Josef Land. Unlike larger bowhead populations to the west, they do not migrate in a classical sense, but rather disperse from wintering grounds in the northernmost parts of their range during spring, returning northward again in autumn, a pattern opposite in terms of directionality compared to other Arctic bowhead whale populations. The extreme affiliation of this population with cold, ice-filled waters is a concern given ongoing climate warming and concomitant rapid sea ice habitat loss. Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper Arctic Balaena mysticetus barents region bowhead whale East Greenland Franz Josef Land Greenland Sea ice Spitsbergen The Royal Society: Figshare Arctic Franz Josef Land ENVELOPE(55.000,55.000,81.000,81.000) Greenland |
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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, movement patterns and habitat preferences of this population, based on tagging done from an icebreaker-based helicopter. Despite their reduced abundance, Spitsbergen's bowhead whales occupy much of their historical range, stretching across the northern Barents Region from East Greenland eastward to Franz Josef Land. Unlike larger bowhead populations to the west, they do not migrate in a classical sense, but rather disperse from wintering grounds in the northernmost parts of their range during spring, returning northward again in autumn, a pattern opposite in terms of directionality compared to other Arctic bowhead whale populations. The extreme affiliation of this population with cold, ice-filled waters is a concern given ongoing climate warming and concomitant rapid sea ice habitat loss. |
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Kit M. Kovacs Christian Lydersen Jade Vacquiè-Garcia Olga Shpak Dmitry Glazov Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen |
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Kit M. Kovacs Christian Lydersen Jade Vacquiè-Garcia Olga Shpak Dmitry Glazov Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen |
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Methodological details and supplementary figures and Table from The endangered Spitsbergen bowhead whales' secrets revealed after hundreds of years in hiding |
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Methodological details and supplementary figures and Table from The endangered Spitsbergen bowhead whales' secrets revealed after hundreds of years in hiding |
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Methodological details and supplementary figures and Table from The endangered Spitsbergen bowhead whales' secrets revealed after hundreds of years in hiding |
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Methodological details and supplementary figures and Table from The endangered Spitsbergen bowhead whales' secrets revealed after hundreds of years in hiding |
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Methodological details and supplementary figures and Table from The endangered Spitsbergen bowhead whales' secrets revealed after hundreds of years in hiding |
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methodological details and supplementary figures and table from the endangered spitsbergen bowhead whales' secrets revealed after hundreds of years in hiding |
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