The Norwegian Polar Institute initiated a research programme on white whales in 1995 to gather biological information relevant for the species’ management; results of which are reviewed herein. Satellite tracking from two periods (1995–2001 and 2013–16), between sea ice diminished markedly, showed that waters off archipelago Svalbard spent most their time foraging close tidewater glaciers. Tran...

Diet from stomach contents and body condition morphometric measurements were obtained for 169 (108 stomachs analysed) ringed seals (Pusa hispida) the Amundsen Gulf region in western Canadian Arctic 2015 to 2018. Sampling was subsistence-harvested three communities of Paulatuk (spring, summer, autumn), Sachs Harbour (summer), Ulukhaktok (winter), Northwest Territories. Stomach separated through ...

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Individual specialization (IS), where individuals within populations irrespective of age, sex, and body size are either specialized or generalized in terms of resource use, has implications on ecological niches and food web structure. Niche size and degree of IS of near-top trophic-level marine predators have been little studied in polar regions or with latitude. We quantified the large-scale l...

Concentrations of achiral and chiral organochlorine contaminants (OCs), including hexachlorocyclohexane isomers (HCH), chlordane congeners (cis- and trans-chlordane, cis- and trans-nonachlor, MC5, MC7, and U82), and related metabolites (oxychlordane [OXY] and heptachlor exo-epoxide [HEPX]), were quantified in seawater (100 L; n = 6) and biota from the coastal Beaufort-Chukchi Seas food web near...