Estimating abundance of Eastern Canada-West Greenland bowhead whales using genetic mark-recapture analyses

• Published in: Global ecology and conservation Vol. 45; p. e02524
• Main Authors: Biddlecombe, Brooke A., Ferguson, Steven H., Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Gillis, Darren M., Watt, Cortney A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.09.2023; Elsevier
• Subjects: Arctic region; Balaena mysticetus; biopsy; Bowhead; coasts; Cormack Jolly-Seber; Greenland; Jolly-Seber; Mark recapture; mark-recapture studies; microsatellite repeats; Population dynamics; species abundance; Arctic region; Greenland; Bowhead; Population dynamics; Jolly-Seber; Mark recapture; Cormack Jolly-Seber

The Eastern Canada-West Greenland (EC-WG) bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) population is widely distributed across the eastern Canadian Arctic and across Baffin Bay to the western coast of Greenland. Their vast distribution makes obtaining population estimates via aerial surveys difficult, as cove...