Sampling of biopsies from bowhead whales in Disko Bay

General

Organisation

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)

Department

Department of Birds and Mammals

Project start

15.02.2018

Project end

01.06.2020

Type of project

Research

Project theme

Marine Research

Project topic

Biology

Marine mammals

Link to project website

http://www.natur.gl/pattedyr-og-fugle/havpattedyr/groenlandshval/

Fieldwork / Study

Fieldwork country

Greenland

Fieldwork region

Disko Bay

Fieldwork location

Geolocation is 69.2437661, -53.5413188

Fieldwork start

15.02.2018

Fieldwork end

01.06.2020

Project details

24.09.2018

Science / project plan

In order to monitor the population development of bowhead whales in West Greenland biopsy samples will be collected in Disko Bay to allow for mark-recapture abundance estimation based on genetics.

Publications related to project

Rekdal, S.L., Hansen, R.G., Borchers, D., Bachmann, L., Laidre, K.L., Wiig, Ø., Nielsen, N.H., Fossette, S., Tervo, O. and M. P. Heide-Jørgensen. 2014. Trends in bowhead whales in West Greenland; Aerial surveys vs. genetic capture-recapture. Marine Mammal Science 31(1): 133-154. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12150

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Arctic tern monitoring	18.06.2018	27.06.2018	Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)	Department of Birds and Mammals	Marine ecosystems
Instrumentation of bowhead whales with CTD tags	01.05.2018	15.05.2018	Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)	Department of Birds and Mammals	Marine Research

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