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Christian Lydersen

Christian Lydersen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
77
Citations
18842
World Ranking
973
National Ranking
16

Overview

Christian Lydersen is affiliated with the Norwegian Polar Institute in Norway. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The main subfields of study associated with Lydersen's work include Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Their research addresses a range of topics such as Marine animal studies overview, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, Marine and fisheries research, Marine and coastal plant biology, Arctic and Russian Policy Studies, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, and Indigenous Studies and Ecology.

Frequent co-authors in Lydersen's publications include Kit M. Kovacs, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Steven H. Ferguson, Heli Routti, and Andrew Lowther.

Christian Lydersen has published extensively in several scientific venues. Notably, they have contributed to Scientific Reports, Polar Research, Polar Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Selected recent papers by Lydersen include:

  • Determinants of genetic variation across eco-evolutionary scales in pinnipeds, 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Concentrations and endocrine disruptive potential of phthalates in marine mammals from the Norwegian Arctic, 2021, Environment International
  • Group structure and kinship in beluga whale societies, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Climate change impacts on seabirds and marine mammals: The importance of study duration, thermal tolerance and generation time, 2021, Ecology Letters
  • The genetic legacy of extreme exploitation in a polar vertebrate, 2020, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • The marine ecosystem of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

    Haakon Hop;Tom Pearson;Else Nøst Hegseth;Kit M. Kovacs

  • Impacts of changing sea-ice conditions on Arctic marine mammals

    Kit M. Kovacs;Christian Lydersen;James E. Overland;Sue E. Moore

  • Arctic marine mammal population status, sea ice habitat loss, and conservation recommendations for the 21st century.

    Kristin L. Laidre;Harry Stern;Kit M. Kovacs;Lloyd Lowry

  • A simple new algorithm to filter marine mammal Argos locations

    Carla Freitas;Christian Lydersen;Michael A. Fedak;Kit M. Kovacs

  • State of the Climate in 2014

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • The importance of tidewater glaciers for marine mammals and seabirds in Svalbard, Norway

    Christian Lydersen;Philipp Assmy;Stig Falk-Petersen;Jack Kohler

  • Climate change impacts on wildlife in a High Arctic archipelago - Svalbard, Norway

    Sébastien Descamps;Jon Aars;Eva Fuglei;Kit M. Kovacs

  • Global threats to pinnipeds

    Kit M. Kovacs;Alex Aguilar;David Aurioles;Vladimir Burkanov

  • Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

    Mark A. Hindell;Ryan R. Reisinger;Ryan R. Reisinger;Yan Ropert-Coudert;Luis A. Hückstädt

  • Congener-specific accumulation and food chain transfer of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in two arctic food chains.

    Hans Wolkers;Bert Van Bavel;Andrew E. Derocher;Øystein Wiig

  • Animal-borne telemetry: An integral component of the ocean observing toolkit

    Rob Harcourt;Ana M. M. Sequeira;Xuelei Zhang;Fabien Roquet

  • Biomagnification of polybrominated diphenyl ether and hexabromocyclododecane flame retardants in the polar bear food chain in Svalbard, Norway.

    Eugen Gravningen Sørmo;Maria Pettersvik Salmer;Bjørn Munro Jenssen;Haakon Hop

  • Behaviour and energetics of ice-breeding, North Atlantic phocid seals during the lactation period

    Christian Lydersen;Kit M. Kovacs

  • Marine mammals exploring the oceans pole to pole: a review of the MEOP Consortium

    Anne Treasure;Anne Treasure;Fabien Roquet;Isabelle J. Ansorge;Marthán N. Bester

  • Distribution of endemic cetaceans in relation to hydrocarbon development and commercial shipping in a warming Arctic

    Randall R. Reeves;Peter J. Ewins;Selina Agbayani;Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen

  • Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: implications for foraging success and population trajectories

    Mark A. Hindell;Clive R. Mcmahon;Marthán N. Bester;Lars Boehme

  • State of the Climate in 2016

    Arlene P. Aaron-Morrison;Steven A. Ackerman;Nicolaus G. Adams;Robert F. Adler

  • Climate change impacts on seals and whales in the North Atlantic Arctic and adjacent shelf seas.

    Kit M. Kovacs;Christian Lydersen

  • Estimates of the Southern Ocean general circulation improved by animal‐borne instruments

    Fabien Roquet;Carl Wunsch;Gael Forget;Patrick Heimbach

  • Fatty acid composition of the blubber in white whales (Delphinapterus leucas)

    Trine Merete Dahl;Christian Lydersen;Kit M. Kovacs;Stig Falk-Petersen

  • Eddy overturning of the Antarctic Slope Front controls glacial melting in the Eastern Weddell Sea

    O. A. Nøst;M. Biuw;V. Tverberg;C. Lydersen

Frequent Co-Authors

Øystein Wiig
Øystein Wiig University of Oslo
Michael A. Fedak
Michael A. Fedak University of St Andrews
Mike O. Hammill
Mike O. Hammill Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Janneche Utne Skaare
Janneche Utne Skaare Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Jan Marcin Węsławski
Jan Marcin Węsławski Polish Academy of Sciences
Rolf A. Ims
Rolf A. Ims University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Marthán N Bester
Marthán N Bester University of Pretoria
Stig Falk-Petersen
Stig Falk-Petersen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jon Aars
Jon Aars Norwegian Polar Institute
Mark A. Hindell
Mark A. Hindell University of Tasmania

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