Cetacean spatial trends from 2005 to 2019 in Svalbard, Norway

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Olof Bengtsson, Christian Lydersen, Kit M. Kovacs
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2022
• Subjects: arctic; citizen science; climate change; distribution; dolphins; whales; geo; envir; Arctic; Bjørnøya; Norway; Prins Karls Forland; Svalbard; Svalbard Archipelago; Balaena mysticetus; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Balaenoptera musculus; Balaenoptera physalus; baleen whales; Beluga; Beluga*; Climate change; Delphinapterus leucas; Lagenorhynchus albirostris; Megaptera novaeangliae; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Polar Research; Sea ice; Sperm whale; Spitsbergen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v41.7773; https://doaj.org/article/81f72e48b6a64308b4e960e40da5148d

This study uses cetacean sighting data, acquired via a citizen science programme, to update distributions and spatial trends of whales and dolphins in waters around the Svalbard Archipelago during the period 2005–2019. Distributions, based on kernel density estimates, from an early period (2005–2019...