Kit Kovacs

1956 -

country of citizenship: Canada

educated at: University of Guelph, York University, Lakehead University

occupation: marine biologist, educator, non-fiction writer, biologist

Kit Kovacs is a marine mammal researcher, best known for her work on biology, conservation and management of whales and seals. She is based at the Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI), Tromsø and is an Adjunct professor of biology, Marine Biology, at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS). Source: Wikipedia (en)

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2018-03-01

First isolation of Brucella pinnipedialis and detection of Brucella antibodies from bearded seals Erignathus barbatus

Geoffrey Foster, Ingebjørg Helena Nymo, Johanna L Baily, Morten Tryland, Adrian M Whatmore, Kit Kovacs, Kimberlee B Beckmen, Christian Lydersen
2017-03-22

Circulating thyroid hormones and associated metabolites in white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) determined using isotope-dilution mass spectrometry

Heli Routti, Gro D Villanger, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2017-04-17

An Arctic predator-prey system in flux: climate change impacts on coastal space use by polar bears and ringed seals

Rolf Anker Ims, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2017-09-08

Origins of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus): Impacts of ice-olation and introgression

Ryan P Walter, Björn Stelbrink, Sebastián Biton-Porsmoguer, Steven E. Campana, Stephen D Petersen, Nigel E Hussey, Aaron T. Fisk, Daniel D. Heath, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2017-12-06

Hooded seal Cystophora cristata foraging areas in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean-Investigated using three complementary methods

Jade Vacquie-Garcia, Michael Fedak, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2016-02-18

Genetic diversity of historical Atlantic walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from Bjørnøya and Håøya (Tusenøyane), Svalbard, Norway

Øystein Wiig, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2016-06-02

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

Sébastien Descamps, Virve Ravolainen, Kit Kovacs, Åshild Ønvik Pedersen, Christian Lydersen
2016-11-01

The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people

Brett R Scheffers, Tom Bridge, Ary Hoffmann, John M Pandolfi, Richard T. Corlett, Michela Pacifici, Carlo Rondinini, Tara G. Martin, James E.M. Watson, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Wendy Foden, Luc De Meester, David Dudgeon, Kit Kovacs
2016-10-23

Maternal transfer of perfluoroalkyl substances in hooded seals.

Anuschka Polder, Randi Grønnestad, Bjørn Munro Jenssen, Gro D Villanger, Katrine Borgå, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2015-06-01

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

Dennis Litovka, Øystein Wiig, Kit Kovacs, Erik W. Born, Kristin L Laidre, Eric V Regehr
2015-11-01

Predictions replaced by facts: a keystone species' behavioural responses to declining arctic sea-ice

Rolf Anker Ims, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2015-07-21

Seasonal, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Drivers of Diving Behaviour in a Temperate Seal Species Living in the High Arctic

Rolf Anker Ims, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2015-10-06

Organophosphorous flame retardants in biota from Svalbard, Norway

Heli Routti, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2014-01-22

Haul-out behaviour of the world's northernmost population of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) throughout the year

Rolf Anker Ims, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2014-01-03

Temporal and spatial variation in polychlorinated biphenyl chiral signatures of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) and its arctic marine food web

Melissa A. McKinney, Derek C.G. Muir, Zhe Lu, Charles Wong, Aaron T. Fisk, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2013

The world's northernmost harbour seal population-how many are there?

Nigel G. Yoccoz, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2013-03-21

Phocine herpesvirus 1 (PhHV-1) in harbor seals from Svalbard, Norway

Morten Tryland, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2012-02-13

Climate change and the ecology and evolution of Arctic vertebrates

Olivier Gilg, Niels Martin Schmidt, David Grémillet, Rolf Anker Ims, Eric Post, Gilles Gauthier, Kit Kovacs, Loic Bollache
2012-05-31

Pre-partum diet of adult female bearded seals in years of contrasting ice conditions

Mark Hindell, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2012-07-01

Serum chemistry and antibodies against pathogens in antarctic fur seals, Weddell seals, crabeater seals, and Ross seals

Arnoldus Schytte Blix, Morten Tryland, Jacques Godfroid, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, Ingebjørg Helena Nymo, Kjetil Åsbakk
2012-11-24

Associations between vitamins A and E and legacy POP levels in highly contaminated Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus)

Tomasz Ciesielski, Bjørn Munro Jenssen, Aaron T. Fisk, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2011-01-10

A simple route to single-nucleotide polymorphisms in a nonmodel species: identification and characterization of SNPs in the Artic ringed seal (Pusa hispida hispida).

Morten Tange Olsen, Per J. Palsbøll, Rune Dietz, Kit Kovacs
2011-12-01

Ecological Implications of Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, Margareta Johansson, Martin Sharp, Terry Callaghan, James D Reist, Terry D. Prowse, Kit Kovacs
2010-11-03

Effects of hydrographic variability on the spatial, seasonal and diel diving patterns of southern elephant seals in the eastern Weddell Sea.

Audun Stien, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2010-10-26

The impact of conservation on the status of the world's vertebrates

Thomas M. Brooks, Justin Gerlach, Georgina M. Mace, Peter Paul van Dijk, Joseph A Tobias, Débora L Silvano, Jan Schipper, Caryn Self-Sullivan, Vimoksalehi Lukoschek, Marcelo F Tognelli, John S Donaldson, Michael Hoffmann, Santiago Ron, Sanjay Molur, Elizabeth A Williamson, Ben Collen, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Mohammad Pourkazemi, Michael J. Samways, Maurice Kottelat, Wanda Olech, Stephen Blair Hedges, Philip McGowan, Viola Clausnitzer, Neil Cumberlidge, Mala Ram, Franco Andreone, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Alison J. Stattersfield, Russell Mittermeier, Theodore Papenfuss, Luigi Boitani, Sathyabhama Das Biju, Jörg Freyhof, Carlo Rondinini, Monika Böhm, Tim M. Blackburn, Ben Bell, Djoko Iskandar, Arvin Cantor Diesmos, Robert Frederick Inger, Jos Snoeks, Simon N. Stuart, Jonathan Baillie, Jonnell Sanciangco, Esteban O. Lavilla, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Andrew E Derocher, Natalia Ananjeva, Janice Chanson, Nadia I Richman, Craig Hilton-Taylor, H Resit Akçakaya, Suhel Quader, Jean-Christophe Vié, Anna M Chenery, John F Lamoreux, Beth Polidoro, Suzanne R. Livingstone, Nigel J. Collar, Leon Bennun, Anthony Brome Rylands, Rebecca L. Lewison, Kit Kovacs, Aljos Farjon, Federico Bolaños
2009-03-09

Structural characterization of multibranched oligosaccharides from seal milk by a combination of off-line high-performance liquid chromatography-matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry and sequential exoglycosida

Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2009-05-15

Serum chemistry reference values in free-ranging north Atlantic male walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) from the Svalbard archipelago

Morten Tryland, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2009-10-02

Hormone, vitamin and contaminant status during the moulting/fasting period in ringed seals (Pusa [Phoca] hispida) from Svalbard

Bjørn Munro Jenssen, Augustine Arukwe, Heli Routti, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2008-10-10

The status of the world's land and marine mammals: diversity, threat, and knowledge

Kristofer M. Helgen, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Carlo Rondinini, Ben Collen, Jan Schipper, Caryn Self-Sullivan, Clare E Hawkins, Mark Keith, Susana González, Marcelo F Tognelli, Michael Hoffmann, Sanjay Molur, Elizabeth A Williamson, Philip S Hammond, Georgina M. Mace, Thomas M. Brooks, Bruce D. Patterson, Marco Festa-Bianchet, Wanda Olech, Louise Emmons, Russell Mittermeier, Luigi Boitani, Gus Mills, Simon N. Stuart, Jonathan Baillie, Peter J. Stephenson, Andrew E Derocher, Jon Bielby, Janice Chanson, Jean-Christophe Vié, Beth Polidoro, Anthony Brome Rylands, Rebecca L. Lewison, Kit Kovacs
2008-01-01

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

Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2008-01-01

Biomarker responses and decreasing contaminant levels in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) from Svalbard, Norway.

Bert van Bavel, Kit Kovacs, Christian Lydersen
2007-10-22

Serosurvey for Toxoplasma gondii in arctic foxes and possible sources of infection in the high Arctic of Svalbard

Audun Stien, Morten Tryland, Torill Mørk, Christian Lydersen, Kit Kovacs, Eva Fuglei, Kristin Wear Prestrud, Kjetil Asbakk

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