• The genetic legacy of extreme exploitation in a polar vertebrate 

      Paijmans, Anneke; Stoffel, Martin A.; Bester, Marthán N.; Cleary, Alison Clare; de Bruyn, P.J. Nico; Forcada, Jaume; Goebel, M; Goldsworthy, S.D.; Guinet, Christophe; Lydersen, Christian; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lowther, Andrew; Hoffman, Joseph I. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-20)
      Understanding the effects of human exploitation on the genetic composition of wild populations is important for predicting species persistence and adaptive potential. We therefore investigated the genetic legacy of large-scale commercial harvesting by reconstructing, on a global scale, the recent demographic history of the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), a species that was hunted to the ...
    • Parasite–copepod interactions in Svalbard: diversity, host specificity, and seasonal patterns 

      Cleary, Alison Clare; Callesen, Trine A.; Berge, Jørgen; Gabrielsen, Tove M. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-24)
      Copepods of the genera Calanus and Pseudocalanus are important components of Arctic marine ecosystems. Despite the key roles of these zooplankters, little is known about the organisms they interact with most intimately, their parasites and symbionts. We applied metabarcode sequencing to uncover eukaryotic parasites present within these two copepod genera from three areas around the high Arctic ...