Cetacean spatial trends from 2005 to 2019 in Svalbard, Norway

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

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...