Table 1.

Abundance estimates for the 11 localities. SG refers to the summer ground’s abbreviation, CV to coefficient of variation and CR to the coefficient of regression of the SST trend over time extracted for each stock.

Stock	SG	Sector	Year	Area	Estimate	CV	Density	CR	SST	References
				(km2)	(whales)		(whales/km2)		(°C)
Peel sound	PS	CAA	1996	14,735	5240	0.6	0.36	0.022	− 0.89	55
Peel sound	PS	CAA	2013	5454	17,003	0.21	3.12	0.039	0.39	17
Barrow strait	BS	CAA	1996	27,405	5898	0.75	0.22	0.022	− 1.05	55
Barrow strait	BS	CAA	2004	21,599	2925	0.46	0.14	0.022	− 0.69	56
Prince regent inlet	PRI	CAA	1996	29,296	34,159	0.35	1.17	0.036	0.33	55
Prince regent inlet	PRI	CAA	2002	30,628	20,871	0.71	0.68	0.036	− 0.62	56
Prince regent inlet	PRI	CAA	2013	29,178	10,668	0.63	0.37	0.036	1.29	17
Gulf of Bothia	GB	CAA	2002	56,567	6770	0.3	0.12	0.033	− 0.26	56
Gulf of Bothia	GB	CAA	2013	63,178	21,574	0.28	0.34	0.033	0.74	17
Admiralty inlet	AI	CAA	2003	9464	5362	0.5	0.57	0.011	2.22	17
Admiralty inlet	AI	CAA	2010	8159	18,049	0.23	2.21	0.011	2.24	57
Admiralty inlet	AI	CAA	2013	9419	35,043	0.42	3.72	0.011	2.59	17
Eclipse sound	ES	CAA	2004	6690	20,225	0.36	3.02	0.12	− 0.43	56
Eclipse sound	ES	CAA	2013	8459	10,489	0.24	1.24	0.12	2.13	17
East Baffin Island	EB	CAA	2003	11,204	10,073	0.31	0.9	0.13	0.49	56
East Baffin Island	EB	CAA	2013	53,510	17,555	0.35	0.33	0.13	4	17
Melville Bay	MB	Northwest	2012	14,821	2983	0.31	0.2	0.2	5.4	58
Melville Bay	MB	Northwest	2014	14,821	3091	0.5	0.21	0.2	4.66	58
Tasiilaq	TAS	Southeast	2008	2966	206	0.55	0.07	0.071	6.35	59
Tasiilaq	TAS	Southeast	2016	5401	0	0	0	0.071	9.49	59
Kangerlussuaq	KAN	Southeast	2008	672	613	0.71	0.31	0.11	5.34	59
Kangerlussuaq	KAN	Southeast	2016	667	269	0.37	0.06	0.11	8.33	59
Scoresby sound	SCS	Mideast	2008	11,144	1945	0.57	0.17	0.13	3.1	59
Scoresby sound	SCS	Mideast	2016	9828	433	0.49	0.04	0.13	6.04	59
Scoresby sound	SCS	Mideast	2017	7927	246	0.43	0.03	0.13	5.52	59