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Ecology
Jared R. Towers, James F. Pilkington, Ernest A. Mason, Ernest Mason
Summary: This article reports the first and only documentation of a bowhead whale in the eastern North Pacific. The sighting occurred in the southeastern waters of Canada.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
F. Erbs, M. van der Schaar, J. Weissenberger, S. Zaugg, M. Andre
Summary: Studies have shown that bowhead whales exhibit variability in their singing behavior, with some song groups sharing similar hierarchical structure and units. Unlike humpback whales, bowhead whales do not share songs at a population level, but instead exhibit song sharing within clusters of animals in specific areas. This variability in singing behavior highlights the importance of considering variability in song analysis to better understand the behavioral ecology of this endangered species. Additionally, shifting focus towards units or phrase-based analysis may help in identifying and tracking similarities in songs over different scales for population monitoring.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Kathleen M. Stafford, John J. Citta, Stephen R. Okkonen, Jinlun Zhang
Summary: The study analyzed bowhead and beluga whale vocalizations in the western Beaufort Sea to examine inter-annual variability in DBO Region 6. It was found that bowhead whale migration times were significantly later in fall from 2008-2018, and beluga whale presence was related to zooplankton biomass near the mooring. The environmental triggers that drive the migratory phenology of these Arctic cetacean species likely originate from the Bering Sea transport of heat, nutrients, and plankton through the Chukchi and into the Beaufort Sea.
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Oceanography
John J. Citta, Greg A. Breed, Stephen R. Okkonen, Matthew L. Druckenmiller, Lori Quakenbush, John C. George, Billy Adams, Wieslaw Maslowski, Robert Osinski, Justin Olnes, Ellen V. Lea, Robert Suydam
Summary: Prior to 2017, the distribution of bowhead whales in the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea was centered in the western Bering Sea with high concentrations of sea ice. However, with the decline of sea ice in 2017-2019, the whales shifted northwards into the Chukchi Sea. The study examines how the whales respond to ecological changes by analyzing satellite tag data, sea ice concentration data, and oceanographic simulations.
CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Oceanography
J. J. Citta, J. Olnes, S. R. Okkonen, L. Quakenbush, J. C. George, Wieslaw Maslowski, R. Osinski, M. P. Heide-Jorgensen
Summary: The distribution of bowhead whales in the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea population is centered in the Chukchi Sea in autumn, following relatively cold, saline waters of Pacific origin during migration. Whales stop and linger in areas with colder surface temperatures and seafloor salinity similar to 33 psu, targeting deeper depths for feeding. Surface temperature is indicative of processes occurring at depth, suggesting that colder surface temperatures may be related to the main pathway of zooplankton advection in the Chukchi Sea.
CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Joshua M. Jones, John A. Hildebrand, Bruce J. Thayre, Ellen Jameson, Robert J. Small, Sean M. Wiggins
Summary: Bowhead whales in the Arctic face threats from diminishing sea ice and increasing human activities. Passive acoustic monitoring is an effective method for monitoring their distribution and population trends, but it is affected by the sound propagation environment and ambient noise levels. This study found that call detection probability for bowhead whales is lower during ice-covered conditions and decreases with the retreat of sea ice. These results highlight the importance of considering the effects of the environment on ambient noise and acoustic propagation when interpreting passive acoustic monitoring results.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Biology
Kathleen E. Hunt, C. Loren Buck, Steven H. Ferguson, Alejandro Fernandez Ajo, Mads Peter Heide-Jorgensen, Cory J. D. Matthews
Summary: Male bowhead whales undergo annual testosterone (T) cycles, with T peaks appearing in late winter/early spring, suggesting a mating season. Age influences T concentrations, with older whales exhibiting a decline in T peak concentration, indicating possible reproductive senescence.
INTEGRATIVE ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
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Veterinary Sciences
Eliana De Luca, Raphaela Stimmelmayr, David S. Rotstein, Susan Sanchez
Summary: The study identified adenovirus infection in bowhead whales, showing sequence divergence from other mastadenoviruses and suggesting a novel species named bowhead whale adenovirus. This indicates the importance of molecular diagnostics in discovering and characterizing novel viruses in marine mammals.
JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Acoustics
Susanna B. Blackwell, Aaron M. Thode, Alexander S. Conrad, Megan C. Ferguson, Catherine L. Berchok, Kathleen M. Stafford, Tiago A. Marques, Katherine H. Kim
Summary: The study estimated the mean cue rate of individual bowhead whales during their fall migration in the Beaufort Sea using eight years of passive acoustic data from 2007 to 2014. Various assumptions were used to convert call density into animal cue rates, resulting in up to 351 cue rate estimates. The results showed a median of 1.3 calls per whale per hour and an interquartile range of 0.5-5.4 calls per whale per hour.
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Fisheries
Raphaela Stimmelmayr, David S. Rotstein, Gay Sheffield, John Craig George
Summary: This case series describes encapsulated fat necrosis in 7 subsistence-harvested bowhead whales, which is a rare finding and warrants further research into its pathogenesis.
DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Outi M. Tervo, Marie Louis, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Mads Peter Heide-Jorgensen, Rikke G. Hansen
Summary: This study reports the observation of two bowhead whale calves in the Scoresby Sund polynya in East Greenland on 2 and 4 May 2022, suggesting possible signs of recovery of the population. This is the first observation of its kind in this area since the early 1900s.
Article
Ecology
Morgan J. Martin, William D. Halliday, John J. Citta, Lori Quakenbush, Lois Harwood, Ellen V. Lea, Francis Juanes, Jackie Dawson, Adrian Nicoll, Stephen J. Insley
Summary: Arctic marine mammals, such as the bowhead whale, are facing challenges from climate change and increasing anthropogenic noise from vessel traffic. The study found spatial and temporal overlap between tagged bowhead whales and vessels in the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort (BCB) region. However, quantitative analysis showed no observable changes in swim speed of bowhead whales within 8-50 km of vessels.
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Ecology
David Boertmann, Katrine Raundrup, Josephine Nymand, Janne Fritt-Rasmussen, Kasper L. Johansen
Summary: At least six bowhead whales were observed in July 2022 in the Uummannaq Fjord system of west Greenland, where they are typically absent during the summer months.
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Acoustics
Julien Bonnel, G. Bazile Kinda, Daniel P. Zitterbart
Summary: This study focuses on the analysis of low-frequency ambient noise recorded on the Chukchi Shelf from October 2016 to July 2017 during the CANAPE experiment, highlighting the traditional polar features of the area as well as the impact of the Beaufort Duct and distant cryogenic events on the variability of the ambient noise.
JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
(2021)
Article
Geography, Physical
Nohemi Sala, Adrian Pablos, Antonio Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Martin Arriolabengoa, Manuel Alcaraz-Castano, Miriam Cubas, Cosimo Posth, Kathrin Naegele, Ana Pantoja-Perez, Mikel Arlegi, Manuel Rodriguez-Almagro, Mercedes Conde-Valverde, Gloria Cuenca-Bescos, Alfonso Arribas, Asier Gomez-Olivencia
Summary: The interior of the Iberian Peninsula is particularly vulnerable to Quaternary climate oscillations, with research showing that the paleontological sites in central Iberia are crucial for reconstructing Late Pleistocene climatic and environmental conditions and understanding their impact on species, including humans. The key site of Cueva de los Torrejones has provided clues about Neanderthal populations near the cave, with new research revealing three Prehistoric chronologies recorded at the site. The DNA analysis of human remains indicates a Near Eastern origin, suggesting a connection to the Neolithic expansion into western Europe.
QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Erica Escajeda, Kristin L. Laidre, Erik W. Born, Oystein Wiig, Stephen Atkinson, Markus Dyck, Steven H. Ferguson, Nicholas J. Lunn
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Biology
K. M. Stafford, C. Lydersen, O. Wiig, K. M. Kovacs
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Environmental Sciences
Tobias Daugaard-Petersen, Rikke Langebaek, Frank F. Riget, Robert J. Letcher, Lars Hyldstrup, Jens-Erik Bech Jensen, Thea Bechshoft, Oystein Wiig, Bjorn Munro Jenssen, Cino Pertoldi, Eline D. Lorenzen, Rune Dietz, Christian Sonne
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2018)
Article
Ecology
Vidar Selas, Erik Framstad, Geir A. Sonerud, Per Wegge, Oystein Wiig
ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2019)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Oystein Wiig, Poul Henrichsen, Torstein Sjovold, Erik W. Born, Kristin L. Laidre, Rune Dietz, Christian Sonne, Jon Aars
Article
Biology
Dorinda Marie Folio, Jon Aars, Olivier Gimenez, Andrew E. Derocher, Oystein Wiig, Sarah Cubaynes
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Pablo Gonzalez-Moreno, Lorenzo Lazzaro, Montserrat Vila, Cristina Preda, Tim Adriaens, Sven Bacher, Giuseppe Brundu, Gordon H. Copp, Franz Essl, Emili Garcia-Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Toril Loennechen Moen, Frances E. Lucy, Wolfgang Nentwig, Helen E. Roy, Greta Srebaliene, Venche Talgo, Sonia Vanderhoeven, Ana Andjelkovic, Kestutis Arbaciauskas, Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg, Mi-Jung Bae, Michel Bariche, Pieter Boets, Mario Boieiro, Paulo Alexandre Borges, Joao Canning-Clode, Frederico Cardigos, Niki Chartosia, Elizabeth Joanne Cottier-Cook, Fabio Crocetta, Bram D'hondt, Bruno Foggi, Swen Follak, Belinda Gallardo, Oivind Gammelmo, Sylvaine Giakoumi, Claudia Giuliani, Fried Guillaume, Lucija Seric Jelaska, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Miquel Jover, Alejandro Juarez-Escario, Stefanos Kalogirou, Aleksandra Kocic, Eleni Kytinou, Ciaran Laverty, Vanessa Lozano, Alberto Maceda-Veiga, Elizabete Marchante, Helia Marchante, Angeliki F. Martinou, Sandro Meyer, Dan Michin, Ana Montero-Castano, Maria Cristina Morais, Carmen Morales-Rodriguez, Nadia Muhthassim, Zoltan A. Nagy, Nikica Ogris, Huseyin Onen, Jan Pergl, Riikka Puntila, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Triya Tessa Ramburn, Carla Rego, Fabian Reichenbach, Carmen Romeralo, Wolf-Christian Saul, Gritta Schrader, Rory Sheehan, Predrag Simonovic, Marius Skolka, Antonio Onofre Soares, Leif Sundheim, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Rumen Tomov, Elena Tricarico, Konstantinos Tsiamis, Ahmet Uludag, Johan van Valkenburg, Hugo Verreycken, Anna Maria Vettraino, Lluis Vilar, Oystein Wiig, Johanna Witzell, Andrea Zanetta, Marc Kenis
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Biology
Carly Ameen, Tatiana R. Feuerborn, Sarah K. Brown, Anna Linderholm, Ardern Hulme-Beaman, Ophelie Lebrasseur, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Zachary T. Lounsberry, Audrey T. Lin, Martin Appelt, Lutz Bachmann, Matthew Betts, Kate Britton, John Darwent, Rune Dietz, Merete Fredholm, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Olga I. Goriunova, Bjarne Gronnow, James Haile, Jon Hallsteinn Hallsson, Ramona Harrison, Mads Peter Heide-Jorgensen, Rick Knecht, Robert J. Losey, Edouard Masson-MacLean, Thomas H. McGovern, Ellen McManus-Fry, Morten Meldgaard, Aslaug Midtdal, Madonna L. Moss, Iurii G. Nikitin, Tatiana Nomokonova, Albina Hulda Palsdottir, Angela Perri, Aleksandr N. Popov, Lisa Rankin, Joshua D. Reuther, Mikhail Sablin, Anne Lisbeth Schmidt, Scott Shirar, Konrad Smiarowski, Christian Sonne, Mary C. Stiner, Mitya Vasyukov, Catherine F. West, Gro Birgit Ween, Sanne Eline Wennerberg, Oystein Wiig, James Woollett, Love Dalen, Anders J. Hansen, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Benjamin N. Sacks, Laurent Frantz, Greger Larson, Keith Dobney, Christyann M. Darwent, Allowen Evin
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2019)
Correction
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding, Jazmin Ramos-Madrigal, Jonas Niemann, Jose A. Samaniego Castruita, Filipe G. Vieira, Christian Caroe, Marc de Manuel Montero, Lukas Kuderna, Aitor Serres, Victor Manuel Gonzalez-Basallote, Yan-Hu Liu, Guo-Dong Wang, Tomas Marques-Bonet, Siavash Mirarab, Carlos Fernandes, Philippe Gaubert, Klaus-Peter Koepfli, Jane Budd, Eli Knispel Rueness, Claudio Sillero, Mads Peter Heide-Jorgensen, Bent Petersen, Thomas Sicheritz-Ponten, Lutz Bachmann, Oystein Wiig, Anders J. Hansen, M. Thomas P. Gilbert
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Ecology
Kristin L. Laidre, Stephen Atkinson, Eric Regehr, Harry L. Stern, Erik W. Born, Oystein Wiig, Nicholas J. Lunn, Markus Dyck
ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
(2020)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Juliana Teixeira-Santos, Ana Carolina da Cunha Ribeiro, Oystein Wiig, Nelson Silva Pinto, Lorrane Gabrielle Cantanhede, Leonardo Sena, Ana Cristina Mendes-Oliveira
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Engineering, Environmental
Anna Lippold, Jon Aars, Magnus Andersen, Aurore Aubail, Andrew E. Derocher, Rune Dietz, Igor Eulaers, Christian Sonne, Jeffrey M. Welker, Oystein Wiig, Heli Routti
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Joost Grond, Magdalena Plecha, Christoph Hahn, Oystein Wiig, Lutz Bachmann
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES
(2019)
Correction
Ecology
Jon Aars, Tiago A. Marques, Karen Lone, Magnus Andersen, Oystein Wiig, Ida Marie Bardalen Floystad, Snorre B. Hagen, Stephen T. Buckland