Quantifying the sensitivity of Arctic marine mammals to climate‐induced habitat change

KL Laidre, I Stirling, LF Lowry, Ø Wiig… - Ecological …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
We review seven Arctic and four subarctic marine mammal species, their habitat
requirements, and evidence for biological and demographic responses to climate change …

Regional variability in food availability for Arctic marine mammals

BA Bluhm, R Gradinger - Ecological Applications, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This review provides an overview of prey preferences of seven core Arctic marine mammal
species (AMM) and four non‐core species on a pan‐Arctic scale with regional examples …

The contiguous domains of Arctic Ocean advection: Trails of life and death

P Wassmann, KN Kosobokova, D Slagstad… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The central Arctic Ocean is not isolated, but tightly connected to the northern Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans. Advection of nutrient-, detritus-and plankton-rich waters into the Arctic …

Tracing carbon flow in an arctic marine food web using fatty acid-stable isotope analysis

SM Budge, MJ Wooller, AM Springer, SJ Iverson… - Oecologia, 2008 - Springer
Global warming and the loss of sea ice threaten to alter patterns of productivity in arctic
marine ecosystems because of a likely decline in primary productivity by sea ice algae …

Trophic relationships in an Arctic food web and implications for trace metal transfer

LA Dehn, EH Follmann, DL Thomas… - Science of the Total …, 2006 - Elsevier
Tissues of subsistence-harvested Arctic mammals were analyzed for silver (Ag), cadmium
(Cd), and total mercury (THg). Muscle (or total body homogenates of potential fish and …

Current state and trends in Canadian Arctic marine ecosystems: II. Heterotrophic food web, pelagic-benthic coupling, and biodiversity

G Darnis, D Robert, C Pomerleau, H Link… - Climatic Change, 2012 - Springer
As part of the Canadian contribution to the International Polar Year (IPY), several major
international research programs have focused on offshore arctic marine ecosystems. The …

Advection in polar and sub-polar environments: Impacts on high latitude marine ecosystems

GL Hunt Jr, KF Drinkwater, K Arrigo, J Berge… - Progress in …, 2016 - Elsevier
We compare and contrast the ecological impacts of atmospheric and oceanic circulation
patterns on polar and sub-polar marine ecosystems. Circulation patterns differ strikingly …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological characteristics of core-use areas used by Bering–Chukchi–Beaufort (BCB) bowhead whales, 2006–2012

JJ Citta, LT Quakenbush, SR Okkonen… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bering–Chukchi–Beaufort (BCB) population of bowhead whales (Balaena
mysticetus) ranges across the seasonally ice-covered waters of the Bering, Chukchi, and …

Marine mammal consumption and fisheries removals in the Nordic and Barents Seas

M Skern-Mauritzen, U Lindstrøm, M Biuw… - ICES Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we assess prey consumption by the marine mammal community in the
northeast Atlantic [including 21 taxa, across three regions:(I) the Icelandic shelf, Denmark …

Bowhead whale body condition and links to summer sea ice and upwelling in the Beaufort Sea

JC George, ML Druckenmiller, KL Laidre… - Progress in …, 2015 - Elsevier
We examined the response of bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) body condition to
summer sea ice conditions and upwelling-favorable winds. We used a long-term dataset …