Genetic profiling links changing sea-ice to shifting beluga whale migration patterns
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Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Pierce, FL 34946, USA Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99708, USA Department of Wildlife Management, North Slope Borough, Barrow, AK 99723, USA Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, AK 99701, USA Native Village of Kotzebue, Kotzebue, AK 99752, USA Alaska Beluga Whale Committee, Barrow, AK 99723, USA Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada X1A 1E2
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