Distribution and catch of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Svalbard
The distribution and catch of white whales at Svalbard are discussed based on literature, interviews with local residents, trappers and pilots, opportunistic observations recorded in the Norwegian Polar Institute fauna-data-base, and personal observations by the authors. The total number of white wh...
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ftsbaarhusojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/142537 2024-01-28T10:04:47+01:00 Distribution and catch of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Svalbard Gjertz, ian Wiig, Øystein 1994-04-22 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142537 eng eng Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142537/186211 https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142537 Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; Vol. 39 (1994): Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; 93-97 Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; Årg. 39 (1994): Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; 93-97 0106-1054 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1994 ftsbaarhusojs 2024-01-03T23:59:24Z The distribution and catch of white whales at Svalbard are discussed based on literature, interviews with local residents, trappers and pilots, opportunistic observations recorded in the Norwegian Polar Institute fauna-data-base, and personal observations by the authors. The total number of white whales killed in Svalbard from the 18th century to the early 1960s was considerably higher than 15 000 animals. Today white whales are protected in Norwegian waters. Most white whales seem to appear at Svalbard in the spring and to leave again when the western fjords freeze in the autumn.However it is not known whether they come from and return to the eastern Greenland Sea or the Barents Sea. The number of white whales using the Svalbard area is not known, but since they have been protected for the last 30 years the population is assumed to be secure. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barents Sea Delphinapterus leucas Greenland Greenland Sea Norwegian Polar Institute Svalbard Aarhus University: OJS at The State and University Library Svalbard Barents Sea Greenland |
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The distribution and catch of white whales at Svalbard are discussed based on literature, interviews with local residents, trappers and pilots, opportunistic observations recorded in the Norwegian Polar Institute fauna-data-base, and personal observations by the authors. The total number of white whales killed in Svalbard from the 18th century to the early 1960s was considerably higher than 15 000 animals. Today white whales are protected in Norwegian waters. Most white whales seem to appear at Svalbard in the spring and to leave again when the western fjords freeze in the autumn.However it is not known whether they come from and return to the eastern Greenland Sea or the Barents Sea. The number of white whales using the Svalbard area is not known, but since they have been protected for the last 30 years the population is assumed to be secure. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Gjertz, ian Wiig, Øystein |
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Gjertz, ian Wiig, Øystein Distribution and catch of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Svalbard |
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Gjertz, ian Wiig, Øystein |
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Gjertz, ian |
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Distribution and catch of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Svalbard |
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Distribution and catch of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Svalbard |
title_full |
Distribution and catch of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Svalbard |
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Distribution and catch of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Svalbard |
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Distribution and catch of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) at Svalbard |
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distribution and catch of white whales (delphinapterus leucas) at svalbard |
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Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press |
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1994 |
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https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142537 |
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Svalbard Barents Sea Greenland |
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Svalbard Barents Sea Greenland |
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Barents Sea Delphinapterus leucas Greenland Greenland Sea Norwegian Polar Institute Svalbard |
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Barents Sea Delphinapterus leucas Greenland Greenland Sea Norwegian Polar Institute Svalbard |
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Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; Vol. 39 (1994): Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; 93-97 Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; Årg. 39 (1994): Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; 93-97 0106-1054 |
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https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142537/186211 https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142537 |
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