Habitats and movement patterns of white whales Delphinapterus leucas in Svalbard, Norway in a changing climate

Abstract Background The Arctic is experiencing rapid reductions in sea ice and in some areas tidal glaciers are melting and retracting onto land. These changes are occurring at extremely rapid rates in the Northeast Atlantic Arctic. The aim of this study was to investigate the impacts of these envir...

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Main Authors: Jade Vacquié-Garcia, Christian Lydersen, Rolf A. Ims, Kit M. Kovacs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Movement Ecology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40462-018-0139-z