Distribution, abundance, and feeding ecology of baleen whales in Icelandic waters: have recent environmental changes had an effect?
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Gísli A. Víkingsson*, Daniel G. Pike, Héðinn Valdimarsson, Anna Schleimer, Thorvaldur Gunnlaugsson, Teresa Silva, Bjarki Þ. Elvarsson, Bjarni Mikkelsen, Nils Øien, Geneviève Desportes, Valur Bogason and Philip S. Hammond 1 Marine Resources Section, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavík, Iceland 2 Esox Associates, North Bay, ON, Canada 3 Marine Environment Section, Marine Research Institute, Reykjavík, Iceland 4 Sea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK 5 Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland 6 Faculty of Physical Sciences, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland 7 Faroese Museum of Natural History, Torshavn, Faroe Islands 8 Marine Mammal Research Group, Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway 9 GDnatur, Kerteminde, Denmark
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