ArticleMovement ecology2023
Sea ice directs changes in bowhead whale phenology through the Bering Strait.
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- What normal used to be: Longitudinal adrenal, reproductive, and thyroid hormone profiles from four bowhead whales during a period of Arctic stability.Conservation physiology · 2026Article
- Year-round acoustic presence of fin whales southwest of Svalbard suggests mixed-use habitat for feeding and breeding.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Differences in acoustic presence and vocal behavior of Spitsbergen's bowhead whales under ice-covered and open-water conditions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The future of baleen whales: Recoveries, environmental constraints, and climate change.Science advances · 2025Review
- Singers of the high Arctic; Seasonal acoustic presence of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) around Svalbard, Norway.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Current and future habitat suitability of northern fur seals and overlap with the commercial walleye pollock fishery in the eastern Bering Sea.Movement ecology · 2025Article
- Putting the health in hidden Markov models: incorporating allostatic load indices into movement ecology analyses.Conservation physiology · 2025Article
- Occurrence and patterns of fin whale songs reveal alternative migration strategies in Svalbard Islands, Norway.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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backgroundClimate change is warming the Arctic faster than the rest of the planet. Shifts in whale migration timing have been linked to climate change in temperate and sub-Arctic regions, and evidence suggests Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort (BCB) bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) might be overwintering in the Canadian Beaufort Sea.
methodsWe used an 11-year timeseries (spanning 2009-2021) of BCB bowhead whale presence in the southern Chukchi Sea (inferred from passive acoustic monitoring) to explore relationships between migration timing and sea ice in the Chukchi and Bering Seas.
resultsFall southward migration into the Bering Strait was delayed in years with less mean October Chukchi Sea ice area and earlier in years with greater sea ice area (p = 0.04, r
conclusionsAs sea ice continues to decline, northward spring-time migration could shift earlier or more bowhead whales may overwinter at summer feeding grounds. Changes to bowhead whale migration could increase the overlap with ships and impact Indigenous communities that rely on bowhead whales for nutritional and cultural subsistence.
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