Brand, Markus http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4768-1889
Spotowitz, Lisa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2980-0071
Mark, Felix Christopher http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5586-6704
Berge, Jørgen http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0900-5679
Langhelle, Erlend Lindau http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8633-2273
Węsławski, Jan Marcin http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8434-5927
Godiksen, Jane Aanestad
Fischer, Philipp http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3357-5420
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (AWI)
Article History
Received: 31 December 2021
Revised: 19 October 2022
Accepted: 26 October 2022
First Online: 26 December 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that the submitted work was carried out in the absence of any personal, professional, or financial relationships that could potentially be construed as a conflict of interest.
: The local regulations related to fauna harvest on Svalbard exclude saltwater fish, except for salmonids. Additionally, an application for the research project submitted to the local governor (Sysselmesteren) was approved by his authority in accordance with local legislation. All work was performed in accordance with the act on animal welfare and by accepted research methods. We were also in contact with NARA (Norwegian Animal Research Authority), and they confirmed that for our sampling no additional approval had to be applied for.
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