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Transitions of social-ecological subsistence systems in the Arctic [PDF]
, 2017 Transitions of social-ecological systems (SES) expose governance systems to new challenges. This is particularly so in the Arctic where resource systems are increasingly subjected to global warming, industrial development and globalization which ...
Clark, Douglas A. +3 more
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Polar bear attack on a juvenile narwhal
Fauna Norvegica, 1990 A juvenile female narwhal Monodon monoceros landed at Pond Inlet had several sets of scratches on the posterior part of the body. They were probably made by a polar bear Ursus maritimus in the course of an unsuccessful attack.
Michael C.S. Kingsley
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Data on the angular characteristics of the spiral structure of the narwhal tusk
Data in Brief, 2018 We studied morphometric features of the spiral structure of the narwhal tusk and show that angular parameters of the arcs of the cementum layer determine the pattern of the spiral structure of the tusk.
Andrey Bondoevich Kiladze +1 more
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Narwhal hunting by Pond Inlet Inuit: An analysis of foraging mode in the floe-edge environment [PDF]
, 2004 The harvesting of narwhals by Baffin Island Inuit represents an important relationship in terms of the continuous utilization of an indigenous marine resource.
Lee, David S., Wenzel, George W.
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Arctic Science, 2018 Population and species management of long-lived species such as narwhal (Monodon monoceros) require long-term ecological monitoring programs to provide baseline information on population structure and dynamics.
Bertrand Charry +2 more
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Narwhal Genome Reveals Long-Term Low Genetic Diversity despite Current Large Abundance Size
iScience, 2019 Summary: The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a highly specialized endemic Arctic cetacean, restricted to the Arctic seas bordering the North Atlantic.
Michael V. Westbury +4 more
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Size and trends of the bowhead whale, beluga and narwhal stocks wintering off West Greenland
NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2002 To assess the size and trends of the abundance of the bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), the beluga, or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas), and the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) visual aerial surveys were conducted in West Greenland in March 1998 and ...
MP Heide-Jørgensen, Mario Acquarone
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Narwhal Abundance in the Eastern Canadian High Arctic in 2013
NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2020 In summer, narwhals (Monodon monoceros) migrate from Baffin Bay to northeastern Canada and northwest Greenland, where they are hunted by Inuit for subsistence. To prevent localized depletion, management of narwhals is based on summer stocks.
Thomas Doniol-Valcroze +6 more
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Ecosphere, 2021 A climate‐driven decline of sea ice has increased international interest in understanding the ecology of seldom studied high‐Arctic regions projected to retain the last remnants of summer sea ice.
Cody G. Carlyle +5 more
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