A Review of Circumpolar Arctic Marine Mammal Health—A Call to Action in a Time of Rapid Environmental Change by Ashley Barratclough, Steven H. Ferguson, Christian Lydersen, Peter O. Thomas, Kit M. Kovacs

“…The impacts of climate change on the health of marine mammals are increasingly being recognised. Given the rapid rate of environmental change in the Arctic, the potential ramifications on the health of marine mammals in this region are a particular concern. …”
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Seasonal variation in trophic structure and community niche dynamics of an Arctic coastal community of marine vertebrates by Matthew Fuirst, Kyle H. Elliott, Steven H. Ferguson, Aaron T. Fisk, Les N. Harris, Kevin J. Hedges, Kevin B. Jacobs, Kelsey F. Johnson, Tracey N. Loewen, Cory J. D. Matthews, C.J. Mundy, Andrea Niemi, Wesley R. Ogloff, Cortney A. Watt, David J. Yurkowski

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Collaborative field research using drones for whale photo-identification studies in Cumberland Sound, Nunavut1 by Brent G. Young, William R. Koski, Ricky Kilabuk, Cortney A. Watt, Kasey P. Ryan, Steven H. Ferguson

“…We describe the collaboration between southern-based scientists and local Inuit from the community of Pangnirtung, Nunavut, to conduct field research on marine mammals in Cumberland Sound from 1997 to 2021. …”
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Year-round foraging across large spatial scales suggest that bowhead whales have the potential to adapt to climate change by Sarah M. E. Fortune, Sarah M. E. Fortune, Andrew W. Trites, Valerie LeMay, Mark F. Baumgartner, Steven H. Ferguson

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Tracing carbon flow and trophic structure of a coastal Arctic marine food web using highly branched isoprenoids and carbon, nitrogen and sulfur stable isotopes by Rémi Amiraux, C.J. Mundy, Marie Pierrejean, Andrea Niemi, Kevin J. Hedges, Thomas A. Brown, Jens K. Ehn, Kyle H. Elliott, Steven H. Ferguson, Aaron T. Fisk, Grant Gilchrist, Les N. Harris, Katrin Iken, Kevin B. Jacobs, Kelsey F. Johnson, Z.A. Kuzyk, Audrey Limoges, Tracey N. Loewen, Oliver P. Love, Cory J.D. Matthews, Wesley R. Ogloff, Bruno Rosenberg, Janne E. Søreide, Cortney A. Watt, David J. Yurkowski

“…The relatively high sympagic carbon dependence of Arctic marine mammals (53.3 ± 22.2 %) through their consumption of benthic invertebrate prey, confirms the important role of the benthic subweb for sustaining higher trophic level consumers in the coastal pelagic environment. …”
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Demographic, ecological, and physiological responses of ringed seals to an abrupt decline in sea ice availability by Steven H. Ferguson, Brent G. Young, David J. Yurkowski, Randi Anderson, Cornelia Willing, Ole Nielsen

“…Results provide evidence of changes in the condition of Arctic marine mammals in relation to climate mediated sea ice dynamics. …”
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