The hunting of the Greenland right whale in Svalbard, its interaction with climate and its impact on the marine ecosystem
During the 17th and 18th centuries, tens of thousands of Greenland right whales were killed as a result of extensive European whaling in the coastal waters of the Svalbard archipelago. The author reconstructed these whaling activities, examined how the changing climate affected whaling productivity,...
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ftunigroningenpu:oai:pure.rug.nl:publications/aeb6bd2b-6819-444e-a178-ee344c627e16 2024-02-04T09:58:12+01:00 The hunting of the Greenland right whale in Svalbard, its interaction with climate and its impact on the marine ecosystem Hacquebord, L. 1999 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11370/aeb6bd2b-6819-444e-a178-ee344c627e16 https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/aeb6bd2b-6819-444e-a178-ee344c627e16 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v18i2.6598 https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/61156503/The_hunting_of_the_Greenland_right_whale_in_Svalbard.pdf eng eng https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/aeb6bd2b-6819-444e-a178-ee344c627e16 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Hacquebord , L 1999 , ' The hunting of the Greenland right whale in Svalbard, its interaction with climate and its impact on the marine ecosystem ' , Polar Research , vol. 18 , no. 2 , pp. 375 - 382 . https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v18i2.6598 17TH-CENTURY SEABIRDS ECOLOGY article 1999 ftunigroningenpu https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v18i2.6598 2024-01-10T23:07:08Z During the 17th and 18th centuries, tens of thousands of Greenland right whales were killed as a result of extensive European whaling in the coastal waters of the Svalbard archipelago. The author reconstructed these whaling activities, examined how the changing climate affected whaling productivity, and considered the consequences of climate and whaling on the species and on the North Atlantic ecosystem. Annual catch records made it possible to calculate the original size of the whale population; its natural migration pattern in the Greenland Sea could be reconstructed using shipping logs and itineraries. Other written sources revealed that besides human hunting activities, climate change played an important role in the elimination of the Greenland right whale from the Arctic marine ecosystem. This elimination made millions of plankton available for other marine mammals, polar cod and planktonfeeding birds. This has caused a major shift in the food web. changing the marine ecosystem in Svalbard. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Greenland Greenland Sea North Atlantic polar cod Polar Research Svalbard University of Groningen research database Arctic Greenland Svalbard Svalbard Archipelago Polar Research 18 2 375 382 |
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During the 17th and 18th centuries, tens of thousands of Greenland right whales were killed as a result of extensive European whaling in the coastal waters of the Svalbard archipelago. The author reconstructed these whaling activities, examined how the changing climate affected whaling productivity, and considered the consequences of climate and whaling on the species and on the North Atlantic ecosystem. Annual catch records made it possible to calculate the original size of the whale population; its natural migration pattern in the Greenland Sea could be reconstructed using shipping logs and itineraries. Other written sources revealed that besides human hunting activities, climate change played an important role in the elimination of the Greenland right whale from the Arctic marine ecosystem. This elimination made millions of plankton available for other marine mammals, polar cod and planktonfeeding birds. This has caused a major shift in the food web. changing the marine ecosystem in Svalbard. |
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The hunting of the Greenland right whale in Svalbard, its interaction with climate and its impact on the marine ecosystem |
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