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Gene flow on ice: the role of sea ice and whaling in shaping Holarctic genetic diversity and population differentiation in bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus)

  1. S. Elizabeth Alter1,2,3,*,
  2. Howard C. Rosenbaum3,4,*,
  3. Lianne D. Postma5,
  4. Peter Whitridge6,
  5. Cork Gaines3,
  6. Diana Weber3,
  7. Mary G. Egan3,
  8. Melissa Lindsay5,
  9. George Amato3,
  10. Larry Dueck5,
  11. Robert L. Brownell Jr.7,
  12. Mads-Peter Heide-Jørgensen8,
  13. Kristin L. Laidre8,9,
  14. Gisella Caccone10,
  15. Brittany L. Hancock11

Article first published online: 18 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.397

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Ecology and Evolution

Ecology and Evolution

Volume 2, Issue 11, pages 2895–2911, November 2012

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Ecology and Evolution 2012; 2(11): 2895–2911

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Biology, York College, City University of New York, Jamaica, New York

  2. 2

    CUNY Graduate Center, New York city, New York

  3. 3

    American Museum of Natural History, Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, New York city, New York

  4. 4

    Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program-Ocean Giants Program, Bronx, New York

  5. 5

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Center and Arctic Region, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

  6. 6

    Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

  7. 7

    Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS/NOAA, Pacific Grove, California

  8. 8

    Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk, Greenland

  9. 9

    Applied Physics Laboratory, Polar Science Center, University of Washington, Washington

  10. 10

    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

  11. 11

    Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NMFS/NOAA, La Jolla, California

* Correspondence
S. Elizabeth Alter, Department of Biology, York College, City University of New York, 94-20 Guy R. Brewer Blvd, Jamaica, New York 11415. Tel: +718-262-2732; Fax: +718-262-2369; E-mail: ealter@york.cuny.edu
Howard C. Rosenbaum, Wildlife Conservation Society, Global Conservation Program-Ocean Giants Program, 185th St and Southern Blvd, Bronx, New York, 10460. Tel: 718-220-5184; Fax 718-364-4275; Email: hrosenbaum@wcs.org

  1. Ancient DNA and genetic data collection and analysis was funded by the US National Marine Fisheries Service and North Slope Borough Wildlife Management Authority in addition to several small awards to HCR. SEA was funded through a fellowship provided by NRDC. The sampling of whales in Greenland was funded by the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, the Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland, the Danish Cooperation for the Environment in the Arctic under the Danish Ministry of Environment and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 18 OCT 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 27 AUG 2012
  4. Manuscript Revised: 21 AUG 2012
  5. Manuscript Received: 7 MAY 2012

Funded by

  • US National Marine Fisheries Service
  • North Slope Borough Wildlife Management
  • NRDC
  • Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
  • Commission for Scientific Research in Greenland
  • Danish Ministry of Environment
  • Department of Fisheries and Oceans

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