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Four centuries of commercial whaling eroded 11,000 years of population stability in bowhead whales.
Cell - 2 Apr 2026
Westbury Michael V, Brown Stuart C, Cabrera Andrea A, Morales Hernán E, Parreira Bárbara, Ma Jilong, Coll Macià Moisès, Rey-Iglesia Alba, Dyke Arthur, Scharff-Olsen Camilla Hjorth, Scott Michael B, Wiig Øystein, Bachmann Lutz, Kovacs Kit M, Lydersen Christian, Ferguson Steven H, Szpak Paul, Fordham Damien A, Lorenzen Eline D
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Bowhead whales were heavily exploited during commercial whaling between the 16th and 20th centuries. Current and near-future climate warming poses a new threat. Assessing bowhead vulnerability to climatic change remains challenging due to insufficient knowledge regarding responses to past climates and pre-whaling population dynamics. We integrate paleogenomics and stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) from 206 bowhead...
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