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dc.contributor.authorHansen, R. G.
dc.contributor.authorBorchers, D. L.
dc.contributor.authorHeide-Jørgensen, M. P.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-15T13:30:01Z
dc.date.available2024-02-15T13:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-31
dc.identifier299298838
dc.identifierdc9ea006-dcab-4b14-9a81-a0f224687218
dc.identifier85184690752
dc.identifier.citationHansen , R G , Borchers , D L & Heide-Jørgensen , M P 2024 , ' Abundance and distribution of narwhals ( Monodon monoceros ) on the summering grounds in Greenland between 2007-2019 ' , Frontiers in Marine Science , vol. 11 , 1294262 . https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1294262en
dc.identifier.issn2296-7745
dc.identifier.otherJisc: 1755304
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-3944-0754/work/153452057
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/29259
dc.description.abstractNarwhal abundance in West Greenland (WG) and East Greenland (EG) was estimated from aerial surveys conducted between 2007 and 2019 at their summer grounds. Analyses were completed using Mark Recapture Distance Sampling and Hidden Markov Line Transect Models taking account of the stochastic availability of diving whales. No statistically significant difference in abundance of narwhals could be detected for the two summer grounds (Melville Bay and Inglefield Bredning) in WG between 2007 and 2019. The distribution of narwhals in Inglefield Bredning was similar between years but in Melville Bay, area usage has decreased >80% since the first survey in 2007. Few detections of narwhals were obtained during the surveys in EG and a common detection function was fitted from combining sightings from seven surveys. Narwhals were found in small aggregations distributed between Nordostrundingen and south to and including Tasiilaq. Abundance of narwhals was estimated for the first time in the relatively unexplored Northeast Greenland (Dove Bay and a restricted coastal area of the Greenland Sea). The abundance in these two areas was 2908 narwhals (CV=0.30; 95% CI:1639-5168) estimated in 2017 for the Greenland Sea and 2297 (0.38; 1123-4745) and 1395 (0.33; 744-2641) narwhals were estimated for Dove Bay in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Both abundance and distribution range of narwhals in Southeast Greenland, where narwhals are subject to subsistence harvest, has decreased significantly between 2008-2017 and narwhals have even disappeared at the southernmost area since the first surveys in 2008.
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dc.format.extent3741475
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Marine Scienceen
dc.subjectAerial surveyen
dc.subjectHidden-Markov modelsen
dc.subjectOver-exploitationen
dc.subjectNarwhalen
dc.subjectAbundanceen
dc.subjectArcticen
dc.subjectRR-NDASen
dc.titleAbundance and distribution of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) on the summering grounds in Greenland between 2007-2019en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. Statisticsen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1294262
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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