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March 2010 Issue of the Journal ARCTIC
Arctic Institute of North AmericaSCAR Newsletter: Issue 22, March 2010
Scientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchOSPAR E-newsletter: Issue 3, April 2010
OSPAR Commission
- March 2010 Issue of the Journal ARCTIC
Arctic Institute of North America
The Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) announces publication of
the March 2010 issue of the journal ARCTIC, Volume 63, Number 1. A
non-profit membership organization and multidisciplinary research
institute of the University of Calgary, AINA's mandate is to advance the
study of the North American and circumpolar Arctic through the natural
and social sciences, as well as the arts and humanities, and to acquire,
preserve, and disseminate information on physical, environmental, and
social conditions in the North. Created as a binational corporation in
1945, the Institute's United States Corporation is housed at the
University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The following papers appear in the March 2010 issue of ARCTIC:
"Population Genetics of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the
Western Arctic"
By: Geof H. Givens, Ryan M. Huebinger, John C. Patton, Lianne D. Postma,
Melissa Lindsay, Robert S. Suydam, John C. George, Cole W. Matson, and
J.W. Bickham
"Forty-seven Years of Research on the Devon Island Ice Cap, Arctic Canada"
By: Sarah Boon, David O. Burgess, Roy M. Koerner, and Martin J. Sharp
"Arctic Energy in EU Policy: Arbitrary Interest in the Norwegian
High North"
By: Kristine Offerdal
"Population, Sex Ratios, and Development in Greenland"
By: Lawrence C. Hamilton and Rasmus Ole Rasmussen
"Walruses Attack Spectacled Eiders Wintering in Pack Ice of the
Bering Sea"
By: James R. Lovvorn, Joseph J. Wilson, David McKay, Joseph K. Bump, Lee
W. Cooper, and Jacqueline M. Grebmeier
"Cruise Tourism and Sea Ice in Canada's Hudson Bay Region"
By: E.J. Stewart, A. Tivy, S.E.L. Howell, J. Dawson, and D. Draper
"Sustainability of High Arctic Ponds in a Polar Desert Environment"
By: Anna Abnizova and Kathy L. Young
"Baffin Bay Narwhal Population Distribution and Numbers: Aerial Surveys
in the Canadian High Arctic, 2002-04"
By: P.R. Richard, J.L. Laake, R.C. Hobbs, M.P. Heide-Jorgensen, N.C.
Asselin, and H. Cleator
"Growth Rate of an Aquatic Bryophyte (Warnstorfia fluitans (Hedw.)
Loeske) from a High Arctic Lake: Effect of Nutrient Concentration"
By: Tenna Riis, Birgit Olesen, Casper K. Katborg, and Kirsten S.
Christoffersen
"Glaucous Gulls Kleptoparasiting Arctic Foxes in Magdalenefjorden, NW
Spitsbergen"
By: Lech Stempniewicz and Lech Iliszko
The March 2010 issue also contains five book reviews and an obituary for
Arnold James (Moose) Kerr, written by Peter Usher and Hugh Brody.
The March 2010 InfoNorth essay was "It's Not Just About Bears: A
Problem-Solving Workshop on Aboriginal Peoples, Polar Bears, and Human
Dignity," by Douglas A. Clark, Susan G. Clark, Martha Dowsley, Lee
Foote, Thomas S. Jung, and Raynald H. Lemelin.
For information on becoming an AINA member and receiving the journal,
please visit the Institute's website at: http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/.
- SCAR Newsletter: Issue 22, March 2010
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) announces that
Issue 22 (March 2010) of the SCAR Newsletter is available at:
http://www.scar.org/news/newsletters/issues2010/mar10.html. This issue
of the newsletter includes:
- 2010 SCAR Conference updates;
- Colin Summerhayes leaves SCAR Secretariat;
- SCAR Executive Officer Appointed;
- SCAR/COMNAP Action Group Meets; and
- Several articles on Science News and Honors, Awards, and Grants.
To view the newsletter, please go to:
http://www.scar.org/news/newsletters/issues2010/mar10.html.
- OSPAR E-newsletter: Issue 3, April 2010
OSPAR Commission
The OSPAR Commission announces that Issue 3 of the OSPAR E-newsletter is
available. It can be downloaded at:
http://www.ospar.org/content/content.asp?menu=01350732000000.
Contents include:
- Building up to the Ministerial Meeting;
- Quality Status Report 2010;
- Post 2010 Biodiversity Vision and Target;
- Oceans Day Outcomes;
- Investigation and Prosecutions of Maritime Pollution Offences; and
- Forthcoming OSPAR Events.
To download the current newsletter, or to review previous issues, please
go to: http://www.ospar.org/content/content.asp?menu=01350732000000.