Though narwhal have survived multiple ice ages, including 2.5 Ma and the last interglacial
period with warming temperatures, Arctic climate change during the Anthropocene …

Climate change is impacting marine ecosystems throughout the circumpolar Arctic, altering
seasonal habitats and the food bases for fishes, seabirds, and marine mammals. Arctic and …

Aim Identify hotspots and areas of high species richness for Arctic marine mammals.
Location Circumpolar Arctic. Methods A total of 2115 biologging devices were deployed on …

Collisions between vehicles and wildlife is a global conservation concern, and vessel strikes
are a leading cause of serious injury and mortality for baleen whales. Yet vessel strikes have …

Tallurutiup Imanga (TI) is a National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA) established in 2019
at the eastern entrance of the Northwest Passage in Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada, to …

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) occur seasonally in the eastern Canadian Arctic (ECA), where
their range expansion associated with declining sea ice have raised questions about the …

Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus L., 1758) of the Eastern Canada-West Greenland
population have been hunted by Inuit for millennia. Significant commercial harvests …

Arctic marine species, from benthos to fish and mammals, are essential for food security and
sovereignty of Inuit people. Inuit food security is dependent on the availability, accessibility …

Baleen whale migration emerges as a foundational theme of cetacean behavioral ecology
and the relationships that bind humans and whales together. From facilitating the …

Knowledge of spatial habitat patterns is critical for understanding the ecology of cetaceans
and informing conservation efforts. However, this can be difficult to obtain for species that …