• Development of diving capacity and behaviour in harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus) weanlings from the Greenland Sea Stock 

      Malde, Aleksander (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)
      This study represents one of the first studies that has explored the spatial and temporal differences in diving behaviour of weaned harp seal pups (Pagophilus groenlandicus) from the Greenland Sea stock. The study is also the first to map the weaned harp seal pups from the Greenland Sea population. In April 2017, newly weaned harp seal pups (n=26) from the Greenland Sea stock were tagged with satellite ...
    • Environmental drivers of population-level variation in the migratory and diving ontogeny of an Arctic top predator 

      Grecian, W. James; Stenson, Garry B.; Biuw, Martin; Boehme, Lars; Folkow, Lars; Goulet, Pierre J.; Jonsen, Ian D.; Malde, Aleksander; Nordøy, Erling Sverre; Rosing-Asvid, Aqqalu; Smout, Sophie (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-02)
      The development of migratory strategies that enable juveniles to survive to sexual maturity is critical for species that exploit seasonal niches. For animals that forage via breath-hold diving, this requires a combination of both physiological and foraging skill development. Here, we assess how migratory and dive behaviour develop over the first year of life for a migratory Arctic top predator, the ...