Year of grant: 2024 Research Area: MARiNAO Project type: Post.doc.-verkætlan Project title: DolphinUnit - Defining management units and genetic health of cetacean top predators in the Greenland-Iceland-Faroe-Scotland Ridge and beyond Grant number: 8017 Project manager: Marie Louis Institution/company: Greenland Institute of Natural Resources Other participants: Cooperation between Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, University of the Faroe Islands, and University og Copenhagen Project period: 01.01.2025-01.01.2027 Total budget: 5.732.680 DKK Grant from the FRC in DKK: 3.036.213 DKK Project description: The North Atlantic and Arctic are experiencing drastic and rapid environmental change, which are impacting the distribution of species. Temperate cetaceans species, including white-beaked and white-sided dolphins and pilot whales are currently increasing in Arctic waters. Those species are hunted for subsistence in the Faroe islands and Greenland. However, their genetic structure in the North Atlantic is not resolved, making it extremely difficult for management authorities to make recommendations for sustainable harvesting. We propose to use state-of-the-art genomic methods to resolve population structure and connectivity of the three species in the North Atlantic, reconstruct their responses to past climate change to better predict their future and assess their genetic health. Project status: Fer í gongd << Back |
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