Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid

Berger ML, Shaw SD, Rolsky CB, Chen D, Sun J, Rosing-Asvid A, Granquist SM, Simon M, Backlin BM, Roos AM (2023) Alternative and legacy flame retardants in marine mammals from three northern ocean regions. Environ Pollut 335:122255

Kettemer LE, Ferguson SH, Watt CA, Matthews CJD, Kiszka JJ, Jourdain E, Borgå K, Ruus A, Granquist SM, Rosing-Asvid A, McKinney MA (2023) Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis reveals a high level of dietary specialization in killer whales across the North Atlantic. J Anim Ecol 92:126-1229

Land-Miller H, Roos AM, Simon M, Dietz R, Sonne C, Pedro S, Rosing-Asvid A, Rigét FF, McKinney MA (2023) Comparison of feeding niches between Arctic and northward-moving sub-Arctic marine mammals in Greenland. Mar Ecol Prog Ser SHIFTav7

Pedersen AF, Dietz R, Sonne C, Liu L, Rosing-Asvid A, McKinney MA (2023) Development and validation of a modified QuEChERS method for extracting polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides from marine mammal blubber. Chemosphere 312:137245

Remili A, Dietz R, Sonne C, Samarra FIP, Rikardsen AH, Kettemer LE, Ferguson SH, Watt CA, Matthews CJD, Cory JD, Kiszka JJ, Jourdain E, Borgå K, Ruus A, Granquist SM, Rosing-Asvid A, McKinney MA (2023) Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis reveals a high level of dietary specialization in killer whales across the North Atlantic. J Anim Ecol 92:1216-1229

Remili A,  Dietz R, Sonne C, Samarra FIP, Letcher RJ, Rikardsen AH, Ferguson SH, Watt CA, Matthews CJD, Kiszka JJ, Rosing-Asvid A, Mckinney MA (2023) Varying diet composition causes striking differences in legacy and emerging contaminant concentrations in killer whales across the North Atlantic. Environ Sci Technol 57:16109-16120

Rosing-Asvid A, Löytynoja A, Momigliano P, Hansen RG, Scharff-Olsen CH, Valtonen M, Kammonen J, Dietz R, Rigét FF, Ferguson SH, Lydersen C, Kovacs KM, Holland DM, Jernvall J, Auvinen P, Olsen MT (2023) An evolutionarily distinct ringed seal in the Ilulissat Icefjord. Mol Ecol 32:5932-5943

Dietz R, Letcher RJ, Aars J, Andersen M, Boltunov A, Born EW, Ciesielski TM, Das K, Dastnai S, Derocher AE, Desforges J-P, Eulaers I, Ferguson S, Hallanger IG, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Heimbürger-Boavida E, Hoekstra PF, Jenssen BM, Rosing-Asvid A, Sonne C (2022) A risk assessment review of mercury exposure in Arctic marine and terrestrial mammals. Sci Total Environ 829:54445

Grecian WJ, Stenson GB, Biuw M, Boehme L, Folkow LP, Pierre J. Goulet, Jonsen ID, Malde A, Nordøy ES, Rosing-Asvid A, Smout S (2022) Environmental drivers of population-level variation in the migratory and diving ontogeny of an Arctic top predator. R Soc open sci 9:211042

Hamilton CD, Lydersen C, Aars J, Acquarone M, Atwood T, Baylis A, Biuw M, Boltunov AN, Born EW, Boveng P, Brown T, Cameron M, Citta J, Crawford J, Dietz R, Elias J, Ferguson SH, Fisk A, Folkow LP, Frost KJ, Glazov DM, Granquist SM, Gryba R, Harwood L, Haug T, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Hussey NE, Kalinek J, Laidre KL, Litovka DI, London JM, Loseto LL, MacPhee S, Marcoux M, Matthews CJD, Nilssen K, Nordøy ES, O’Corry-Crowe G, Øien N, Olsen MT, Quakenbush L, Rosing-Asvid A, Semenova V, Shelden KEW, Shpak OV, Stenson G, Storrie L, Sveegaard S, Teilmann J, Ugarte F, von Duyke AL, Watt C, Wiig Ø, Wilson RR, Yurkowski D, Kovacs KM (2022) Marine mammal hotspots across the circumpolar Arctic. Divers Distrib 28:2729-2753

Liu XD, Schjott SR, Rosing-Asvid A,......Olsen MT (2022) Origin and expansion of the world's most widespread pinniped: Range-wide population genomics of the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina). Mol Ecol 31:1682-1699

Remili A, Dietz R, Sonne C, Iverson SJ, Roy D, Rosing-Asvid A, Land-Miller H, Pedersen AF, McKinney MA (2022) Validation of quantitative fatty acid signature analysis for estimating the diet composition of free-ranging killer whales. Sci Rep 12:7938

Nielsen J, Rosing-Asvid A, Meire L, Nygaard R (2020) Widespread occurrence of pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) throughout Greenland coastal waters. Fish. Biol. 96:1505-1507

Rosing-Asvid A, Teilmann J, Olsen MT, Dietz R (2020) Deep diving harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) in South Greenland: movements, diving, haul‑out and breeding activities described by telemetry. Polar Biology 43:359–368. 36

Spaan KM, van Noordenburg C, Plassmann MM, Schultes L, Shaw S, Berger M. Heide-Jørgensen MP, Rosing-Asvid A, Granquist SM, Dietz R, Sonne C, Rigét F, Roos A, JP Benskin (2020) Fluorine Mass Balance and Suspect Screening in Marine Mammals from the Northern Hemisphere. Environmental Science & Technology 54:4046-4058

Ugarte F, Rosing-Asvid A, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Laidre KL (2020) Marine Mammals of the Greenland Seas. In: Goldstein, M.I., DellaSala, D.A. (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the World’s Biomes, vol. 2. Elsevier, pp. 575–586.

Dietz R, Letcher RJ, Desforges J-P, Eulaers I, Sonne C, Wilson S, Andersen-Ranberg E, Basu N, Barst BD, Bustnes JO, Bytingsvik J, Ciesielski TM, Drevnick PE, Gabrielsen GW, Haarr A, Hylland K, Jenssen BM, Levin M, McKinney MA, Nørregaard RD, Pedersen KE, Provencher J, Styrishave B, Tartu S, Aars J, Ackerman JT, Rosing-Asvid A,… Born EW, … Rigét FF,… Sinding M-HS, et al. (2019) Current state of knowledge on biological effects from contaminants on arctic wildlife and fish. Sci. Total Environ. 696, 133792.

Pedro S, Dietz R, Sonne C, Rosing-Asvid A, Hansen M, McKinney MA (2019) Are vitamins A and E associated with persistent organic pollutants and fatty acids in the blubber of highly contaminated killer whales (Orcinus orca) from Greenland? Environmental Research (177) article no. 108602.

Yurkowski DJ, Auger-Methe M, Mallory ML Rosing-Asvid A and more. (2019) Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic. Diversity and distributions 25 (3) 328-345.

Bourque J, Dietz R, Sonne C, St Leger J, Iverson S, Rosing-Asvid A, Hansen M, McKinney MA (2018) Feeding habits of a new Arctic predator: insight from full-depth blubber fatty acid signatures of Greenland, Faroe Islands, Denmark and managed-care killer whales Orcinus orca. Marine Ecology Progress Series 603: 1-12.

Desforges JP, Hall A, McConnell B, Rosing-Asvid A, Barber JL, Brownlow A, De Guise S, Eulaers I, Jepson PD, Letcher RJ, Levin M, Ross PS, Samarra F, Vikingson G, ; Sonne C, Dietz R (2018) Predicting global killer whale population collapse from PCB pollution. SCIENCE 361: 6409: 1373- 1376.

Sonne C, AndersenRanberg E, Rajala EL, Agerholm JS, BonefeldJorgensen E, Desforges J-P, I. Eulaers I, Gustavson K, Jenssen BM, Koch A, RosingAsvid A, Schmidt NM, Grøndahl C, Mosbacher JB, Siebert U, Tryland M, Mulvad G, Born EW, Laidre K, Wiig Ø, Dietz R, Magnusson U (2018) Prevalence of antibodies against Brucella spp. in West Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus) and East Greenland muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) 2018. Polar Biology, 41: 1671-1680.

Yurkowski DJ, Auger‐Méthé M, Mallory ML, Wong SNP, Grant Gilchrist H, Derocher AE, Richardson E, Lunn NL, Hussey NE, Marcoux M, Togunov R, Fisk AT, Harwood LA, Dietz R, Rosing‐ Asvid A, Born EW, Mosbech A, Fort J, Grémillet D, Loset L, Richard PR, Iacozza J, Jean‐Gagnon F, Brown TM, Westdal KH, Orr J, LeBlanc B, Hedges KJ, Treble MA, Kessel ST, Blanchfield PJ, Davis S, Maftei M, Spencer N, McFarlane‐Tranquill CL, Montevecchi WA, Bartzen B, Lynne Dickson D, Anderson C, Ferguson SH (2018) Abundance and species diversity hotspots of tracked marine predators across the North American Arctic. Diversity and Distributions 1–18.

Pedro S, Boba C, Sonne C, Dietz R, Rosing-Asvid A, et al. (2017) Blubber-depth distribution and bioaccumulation of PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in Arctic-invading killer whales. Science of the total environment 601: 237-246

Gebbink WA, Bossi R, Riget FF, Rosing-Asvid A, Sonne F, Dietz R (2016) Observation of emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in Greenland marine mammals. Chemosphere, 144: 2384-2391

Heide-Jørgensen MP, Sinding MHS, Nielsen NH, Rosing-Asvid A, Hansen RG (2016) Large numbers of marine mammals winter in the North Water polynya. Polar biology, 39 (9): 1605-1614

Yurkowski DJ, Semeniuk CAD, Harwood LA, Rosing-Asvid A, Dietz R, Brown TM, Clackett S, Grgicak-Mannion A, Fisk AT, Ferguson SH (2016) Influence of sea ice phenology on the movement ecology of ringed seals across their latitudinal range. Marine ecology progress series. 562: 237 –250

Mernild SH, Holland DM, Holland D, Rosing-Asvid A, Yde JC, iston GE, Steffen K (2015) Freshwater Flux and Spatiotemporal Simulated Runoff Variability into Ilulissat Icefjord, West Greenland, Linked to Salinity and Temperature Observations near Tidewater Glacier Margins Obtained Using Instrumented Ringed Seals. Journal of Physical Oceanography 45 (5): 1426-1445

Peterson IK, Pettipas R and Rosing-Asvid A (2015) Trends and Variability in Sea Ice and Icebergs off the Canadian East Coast. Atmosphere-Ocean 53 (5): 582-594

Andersen JM, Stenson GB, Skern-Maurizen M, Wiersma YF, Rosing-Asvid A, et al. (2014) Drift Diving by Hooded Seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. PLoS ONE 9(7): e103072.

Gladish CV, Holland DM, Rosing-Asvid A, Behrens JW, Boje J (2014) Boundary conditions for Jakobshavn Glacier. Part I.Variability and re-newal of Ilulissat Icefjord Waters, 2001-2014. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 45:3-32

Andersen JM, Skern-Mauritzen M, Boehme L, Wiersma YF, Rosing-Asvid A, Hammill MO, Sten-son GB (2013) Investigating Annual Diving Beha-viour by Hooded Seals (Cystophora cristata) within the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. PLoS One 8(11).

Andersen JM, Wiersma YF, Stenson GB, Hammill MO, Rosing-Asvid A, Skern-Maurizen M (2013) Habitat selection by hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 70 (1): 173-185

Foote AD, Newton J, Avila-Arcos MC, Kampmann M-L, Samaniego JA, Post K, Rosing-Asvid A, Sinding M-HS, Gilbert MTP (2013) Tracking niche variation over millennial timescales in sympatric killer whale lineages. Proc R Soc B 280: 20131481. dx.

McKinney M, Iverson S, Fisk A, Sonne C, Riget F, Letcher R, Arts M, Born E, Rosing-Asvid A, Dietz R (2013) Global change effects on the long-term feeding ecology and contaminant exposures of East Greenland polar bears. Global Change Bio-logy Global Change Biol 19: 2360-2372.

Rosing-Asvid A, Hedeholm R, Arendt KE, Fort J, Robertson GJ (2013). Winter diet of the little auk (Alle alle) in the Northwest Atlantic. Polar Biol. dx.

Sutherland DA, Straneo F, Stenson GB, Davidson FJM, Hammill MO, Rosing-Asvid A (2013) Atlantic water variability on the SE Greenland continental shelf and its relationship to SST and bathymetry, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118.

Andersen LW, Lydersen C, Frie AK, Rosing-Asvid, A, Hauksson E and Kovacs KM (2011) A population on the edge: genetic diversity and population structure of the world’s northernmost harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011, 102, 420–439

Aurore A, Teilmann J, Dietz R, Rigét F, Harkonen T, Karlsson O, Rosing-Asvid A and Caurant F. 2011. Investigation of mercury concentrations in fur of phocid seals using stable isotopes as tracers of trophic levels and geographical regions. Polar biology, 34, (9), 1411-1420

Frie AK, Fagerheim KA, Hammill MO, Kapel FO, Lockyer C., Stenson GB, Rosing-Asvid A, and Svetochev V 2011. Error patterns in age estimation of harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus): results from a transatlantic, image-based, blind-reading experiment using known-age teeth ICES Journal of Marine Science (2011), 68(9), 1942–1953.

Desportes G, Bjørge A, Rosing-Asvid A, Waring G and Acquarone M, eds. (2010) Harbour seals in the North Atlantic and the Baltic. NAMMCO Scientific Publications, Volume 8. The North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, Tromsø 2010.

Hedeholm R, Grønkjær P, Rosing-Asvid A and Rysgaard S (2010). Variation in size and growth of West Greenland capelin (Mallotus villosus) along latitudinal gradients. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, Volume (67) 6: 1128-1137.

Hedeholm R, Grønkjær P, Rosing-Asvid A, Rysgaard S (2010). Variation in size and growth of West Greenland capelin (Mallotus villosus) along a latitudinal gradient. ICES Journal of Marine Science. dx.

Rosing-Asvid A (2010) Catch history and status of the harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) in Greenland. NAMMCO Sci. Publ. 8: 159-172

Rosing-Asvid A, Teilmann J, Dietz R and Olsen MT (2010) First Confirmed Record of Gray Seals in Greenland. ARCTIC ( 63) 4:471-473

Straneo F, Hamilton GS, Sutherland DA., Stearns LA, Davidson F, Hammill MO, Stenson GB and Rosing-Asvid A (2010) Rapid circulation of warm subtropical waters in a major glacial fjord in East Greenland. Nature Geoscience.

Rosing-Asvid, A. 2008. A new harp seal whelping ground near South Greenland. Mar. Mammal. Sci., 24(3): 730–736.

Taylor MK, Laake J, McLoughlin PD, Cluff HD, Born EW, Rosing-Asvid A, Messier, F. 2008. Population parameters and harvest risks for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of Kane Basin, Canada and Greenland. Polar Biol (2008) 31:491–499.

Rosing-Asvid, A. 2006. The influence of climate variability on polar bear (Ursus maritimus) and ringed seal (Pusa hispida) population dynamics. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 84:357-364.

Taylor, M.K., J. Laake, P.D.McLoughlin, E.W. Born, H.D. Cluff, S.H. Ferguson, A. Rosing-Asvid, R.Schweinsburg & F.Messier, 2005.Demography and population viability of a hunted population of polar bears. Arctic 58: 203-214.24

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. & A. Rosing-Asvid, 2002. Catch statistics for belugas in West Greenland 1862 to 1999. Scientific Publications of the North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission Vol. 4: 127- 142.

Rosing-Asvid, A., E.W. Born & M.C.S. Kingsley, 2002. Age at sexual maturity of males and timing of the mating season of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Greenland. Polar biology (2002) 25: 878-883.

Ferguson, S., M.K. Taylor, E.W. Born, A. Rosing-Asvid, F. Messier, 2001. Activity and movement patterns of polar bears inhabiting consolidated versus active pack ice. Arctic 54(1): 49-54.

Taylor, M.K., S. Akeeagok, D. Andriashek, W. Barbour, E.W. Born, W. Calvert, H.D. Cluff, S. Ferguson, J. Laake, A. Rosing-Asvid, I. Stirling & F. Messier, 2001. Delineating Canadian and Greenland polar bear (Ursus maritimus) populations by cluster analysis of movements. Can J. Zool. 79: 690-709.

Ferguson, S.H., M.K. Taylor, A. Rosing-Asvid, E.W. Born & F. Messier, 2000. Relationships between denning of polar bears and conditions of sea ice. Journal of Mammalogy 81(4): 1118-1127.

Fullard KJ, Early G, Heide-Jørgensen MP, Bloch D, Rosing-Asvid A, Amos W. Population structure of long-finned pilot whales in the North Atlantic: a correlation with sea surface temperature? Mol Ecol. 2000 Jul;9(7):949-58.

Ferguson, S.H., Taylor, M.K., Born, E.W., Rosing-Asvid, A. & Messier, F. 1999. Determinants of home range size in polar bears. Ecologicy Letters 2 (5): 311-318.

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Nr. 81 - Seabirds and marine mammals in South and Southeast Greenland 2008

Rosing-Asvid A. How does the size of the Northwest Atlantic harp seal population influence the proportion of seals summering in Greenland? SEA 207 ICES/NAFO Working Group

Rosing-Asvid A. Status of harbor seals and grey seals in Greenland. Working paper for NAMMCO working Group on harbor and grey seals, 2011 March 14. – 18. Copenhagen, Denmark

Rosing-Asvid A. 2008. Distribution patterns of Northwest Atlantic Harp seals in relation to population size. Working paper SEA: 179. ICES/NAFO Working group of harp and hooded seals.

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Borchers, D. L., Witting, L., Simon, M. J., Laidre, K. L., Rosing-Asvid, A., Pike, D. G. 2007. Final estimates of large whale abundance in West Greenland waters from an aerial survey in 2005. IWC/SC/59/AWMP7.

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Borchers, D. L., Witting, L., Simon, M. J., Laidre, K. L., Rosing-Asvid, A. and Pike, D. 2006. Preliminary analyses of the 2005 aerial survey (SC/58/AWMP7) of large whale abundance in West Greenland. IWC/SC/58/AWMP9.

Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Borchers, D. L., Witting, L., Simon, M. J., Laidre, K. L., Rosing-Asvid, A. and Pike, D. 2006. Summary of an aerial survey of large whales in West Greenland in 2005. IWC/SC/58/AWMP7.

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Borchers, D.L., Witting, L., Simon, M.J., Laidre, K.L., Rosing-Asvid, A. and Pike, D. Preliminary analyses of the 2005 aerial survey (SC/58/AWMP7) of large whale abundance in West Greenland. IWC SC/58/AWMP9. 12pp.

Rosing-Asvid,A., 2003. NAMMCO Progress Report 2003. 6 pp.

Rosing-Asvid,A., 2004. Consumption by marine mammals in Greenland waters.Working paper NAMMCO 2004. 19 pp.

Nyeland, J., 2003. Mødedokument til opstart af projekter i Sisimiut og Maniitsoq med KNAPP. Rosing-Asvid A., 2003. Methodology used in diet and consumption studies of harp seals in Greenland. ICES working paper (WP SEA 119). 5 pp.

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. & A. Rosing-Asvid, 2000. Catch statistics for belugas in West Greenland 1862 to 1998. NAMMCO SC/8/BN/4.

Rosing-Asvid, A., 2000. Consumption tables for Greenland waters (year 2000). NAMMCO SC/8/EC/5. 14 pp.

Stenson, G.B. & A. Rosing-Asvid, 2000 Satellite Telemetry of Juvenile Hooded Seals in Greenland. Joint ICES/NAFO Working Group on Harp and Hooded Seals WP SEA-114. 2 pp.