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Øystein Wiig

Professor
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Norwegian
Email oystein.wiig@nhm.uio.no
Phone +47 22851688
Fax +47 22851835
Room 103, Zoological Museum
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Visiting address Sars' gate 1 Tøyen
Postal address NCB - National Centre for Biosystematics Natural History Museum University of Oslo P.O. Box 1172 Blindern NO-0318 Oslo

Background

Cand. real. 1978
Dr. philos. 1994
Head Zoological museum 2000-2001
Head of Section for Zoology, Natural History Museum, 2001-2002
Board member Research Council of Norway Leiv Eriksson mobility program, 2005-2011
Board member Research Council of Norway International fellowship program, 2005-2011
Board member Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre, 2006-
Chairman IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 1993-1997.
Chairman NAMMCO Scientific Committee Working Group on the Population 1999- 2005, Status of Belugas and Narwhals in The North Atlantic.
Invited Specialist IWC Scientific Committee (bowhead whales) 2008,
IUCN Red List Authority Focal Point for Polar Bear 2005 –

Special fields

Professor in mammalogy. Research primarily related to Arctic marine mammals, in particular polar bears, walrus and bowhead whales. The studies are management oriented and related to movement patterns and distribution of populations. Many studies are related to effects of pollution in the marine environment. In later years the research has an increased focus on genetic analyse of ancient and present tissue samples in order to assess population structure. The research is also related to studies of systematic of terrestrial carnivores by application of craniometrical methods.

Tags: Mammalogy, Systematics, Ecology, Evolution, Arctic marine mammals, Management, Effects of climate change, Polar bears, Whalrus, Bowhead whales, White whale, Narwhal, Zoology

Publications

  • Bytingsvik, J.; Simon, E.; Leonards, P.G.E.; Lamoree, M.; Lie, E.; Aars, Jon; Derocher, A.E.; Wiig, Øystein; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro & Hamers, T. (2013). TTR-binding activity in blood of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cubs. Environmental Science and Technology.  ISSN 0013-936X. . doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es305160v
  • Derocher, A.E.; Aars, Jon; Amstrup, S.C.; Cutting, A.; Lunn, N.J.; Molnar, P.K.; Obbard, M.E.; Stirling, I.; Thiemann, G.W.; Vongraven, D.; Wiig, Øystein & York, G. (2013). Rapid ecosystem change and polar bear management. Conservation Letters.  ISSN 1755-263X.
  • Sasaki, M.; Fuglei, E.; Wiig, Øystein; Fukui, Y. & Kitamura, N. (2013). The structure of the masticatory muscles in the Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus). Japanese Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine.  ISSN 1342-6133.
  • Moore, Sue E.; Stafford, Kathleen M.; Melling, Humfrey; Berchok, Catherine; Wiig, Øystein; Kovacs, Kit M.; Lydersen, Christian & Richter-Menge, Jackie (2012). Comparing marine mammal acoustic habitats in Atlantic and Pacific sectors of the High Arctic: year-long records from Fram Strait and the Chukchi Plateau.. Polar Biology.  ISSN 0722-4060.  35(3), s 475- 480 . doi: 10.1007/s00300-011-1086-y
  • Andersen, M.; Derocher, A.E.; Wiig, Øystein & Aars, Jon (2012). Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternity den distribution in Svalbard, Norway.. Polar Biology.  ISSN 0722-4060.  35(4), s 499- 508 . doi: 10.1007/s00300-011-1094-y
  • Aubail, Aurore; Dietz, Rune; Rigét, Frank; Sonne, Christian; Wiig, Øystein & Caurant, Florence (2012). Temporal trend of mercury in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard using teeth as a biomonitoring tissue. Journal of Environmental Monitoring.  ISSN 1464-0325.  14(1), s 56- 63 . doi: 10.1039/c1em10681c
  • Bytingsvik, Jenny; Lie, Elisabeth; Aars, Jon; Derocher, Andrew E.; Wiig, Øystein & Jenssen, Bjørn Munro (2012). PCBs and OH-PCBs in polar bear mother-cub pairs: A comparative plasma levels in 1998 and 2008. Science of the Total Environment.  ISSN 0048-9697.  417-418, s 117- 128 . doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.12.033
  • Bytingsvik, Jenny; van Leeuwen, S.; Hamers, T.; Swart, K.; Aars, Jon; Lie, Elisabeth; Nilsen, Else Mari Espseth; Wiig, Øystein; Derocher, Andrew E. & Jenssen, Bjørn Munro (2012). Perfluoroalkyl substances in polar bear mother-cub pairs: A comparative study based on plasma levels from 1998 and 2008. Environment International.  ISSN 0160-4120.  49, s 92- 99 . doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.08.004
  • Dietz, Rune; Sonne, C.; Basu, N.; Braune, B.; O'Hara, T.; Letcher, R.J.; Scheuhammer, T.; Andersen, M.; Andreasen, C.; Andriashek, D.; Asmund, G.; Aubail, A.; Baagøe, H.; Born, E.W.; Chan, H.M.; Derocher, A.E.; Grandjean, P.; Knott, K.; Kirkegaard, M.; Krey, A.; Lunn, N.J.; Messier, F.; Obbard, M.; Olsen, M.T.; Ostertag, S.; Peacock, E.; Renzoni, A.; Rode, K.D.; Skaare, J.U.; Stern, G.; Stirling, I.; Taylor, M.; Wiig, Øystein; Wilson, S. & Aars, Jon (2012). What are the toxicological effects of mercury in Arctic biota?. Science of the Total Environment.  ISSN 0048-9697.  443, s 775- 790 . doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.046
  • Laidre, Kristin L; Born, E.W.; Gurarie, E.; Wiig, Øystein & Stern, H. (2012). Females roam while males patrol: Divergence in breeding season movements of pack-ice polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences.  ISSN 0962-8452. . doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2371
  • Lydersen, C.; Freitas, Carla Marília Abreu; Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Heide-Jørgensen, M.P.; Swift, R. & Kovacs, Kit (2012). Lost Highway Not Forgotten: Satellite Tracking of a Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) from the Critically Endangered Spitsbergen Stock. Arctic.  ISSN 0004-0843.  65(1), s 76- 86
  • Miller, Webb; Schuster, Stephan C; Welch, Andreanna; Ratan, Aakrosh; Bedoya-Reina, Oscar C; Zhao, Fangqing; Kim, Hie Lim; Burhans, Richard C; Drautz, Daniela I; Wittekindt, Nicola E; Tomsho, Lynn P; Ibarra-Laclette, Enrique; Herrera-Estrella, Luis; Peacock, Elizabeth E.; Farley, Sean; Sage, George; Rode, Karyn; Obbard, Martyn; Montiel, Rafael; Bachmann, Lutz; Ingólfsson, Ólafur; Aars, Jon; Mailund, Thomas; Wiig, Øystein; Talbot, Sandra L & Lindqvist, Charlotte (2012). Polar and brown bear genomes reveal ancient admixture and demographic footprints of past climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America.  ISSN 0027-8424.  109(36), s E2382- E2390 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1210506109
  • Pertoldi, Cino; Sonne, Christian; Wiig, Øystein; Baagøe, Hans J; Loeschcke, Volker & Bechshøft, Thea (2012). East Greenland and Barents Sea polar bears (Ursus maritimus): adaptive variation between two populations using skull morphometrics as an indicator of environmental and genetic differences. Hereditas.  ISSN 0018-0661.  149(3), s 99- 107 . doi: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.2012.02259.x
  • Rode, Karyn; Peacock, Elizabeth E.; Taylor, Mitchell; Stirling, Ian; Born, Erik W.; Laidre, Kristin L. & Wiig, Øystein (2012). A tale of two polar bear populations: ice habitat, harvest, and body condition. Population Ecology.  ISSN 1438-3896.  54(1), s 3- 18 . doi: 10.1007/s10144-011-0299-9
  • Stafford, K.M.; Moore, S.E.; Berchok, C.L.; Wiig, Øystein; Lydersen, Christian; Hansen, Edmond; Kalmbach, D. & Kovacs, Kit (2012). Spitsbergen’s endangered bowhead whales sing throughout the polar night.. Endangered Species Research.  ISSN 1863-5407.  18, s 95- 103
  • Vongraven, D.; Aars, Jon; Amstrup, S.C.; Atkinson, S.N.; Belikov, S.E.; Born, E.W.; DeBruyn, T.D.; Derocher, A.E.; Durner, G.; Gill, M; Lunn, N.J.; Obbard, M.E.; Omelak, J.; Ovsyanikov, N.; Peacock, E.; Richardson, E.; Sahanatien, V.; Stirling, I. & Wiig, Øystein (2012). A circumpolar monitoring framework for polar bears.. Ursus (International Association for Bear Research and Management).  ISSN 1537-6176.  5, s 1- 66
  • Wiig, Øystein; Heide-Jørgensen, M.P.; Laidre, K.; Garde, E. & Reeves, R.R. (2012). Geographic variation in cranial morphology of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Greenland and the Eastern Canadian Arctic.. Polar Biology.  ISSN 0722-4060.  35, s 61- 71
  • Derocher, A.E.; Andersen, Magnus; Wiig, Øystein; Aars, Jon; Hansen, Edmond & Biuw, Martin (2011). Sea ice and polar bear den ecology at Hopen Island, Svalbard. Marine Ecology Progress Series.  ISSN 0171-8630.  441, s 273- 279 . doi: 10.3354/meps09406
  • Selås, Vidar; Sonerud, Geir Andreas; Hjeljord, Olav; Gangsei, Lars Erik; Pedersen, Helge B.; Framstad, Erik; Spidsø, Tor Kristian & Wiig, Øystein (2011). Moose recruitment in relation to bilberry production and bank vole numbers along a summer temperature gradient in Norway. European Journal of Wildlife Research.  ISSN 1612-4642.  57(3), s 523- 535 . doi: 10.1007/s10344-010-0461-2
  • Born, E.W.; Laidre, K.; Dietz, R. & Wiig, Øystein (2011). Polar bear Ursus maritimus, In D. Boertmann & H. Mosbech (ed.),  Eastern Baffin Bay. A strategic environmental impact assessment of hydrocarbon activities..  Aarhus University. DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. Denmark.  ISBN 9788792825193.  Kapittel.  s 93 - 101
  • Born, E.W.; Laidre, K.; Dietz, R. & Wiig, Øystein (2011). The April 2009-April 2010 study of polar bear movements and habitat use in Northwest Greenland, In D. Boertmann & H. Mosbech (ed.),  Eastern Baffin Bay. A strategic environmental impact assessment of hydrocarbon activities..  Aarhus University. DCE - Danish Centre for Environment and Energy. Denmark.  ISBN 9788792825193.  Box 6.  s 104 - 106
  • Rigét, Frank F.; Braune, Birgit; Bignert, Anders; Wilson, Simon; Aars, Jon; Born, Erik W.; Dam, Maria Elise Reistad; Dietz, Rune; Evans, Marlene; Evans, Thomas; Gamberg, Mary; Gantner, Nikolaus; Green, Norman Whitaker; Gunnlaugsdottir, Helga; Kannan, Kurunthachalam; Letcher, Robert; Muir, Derek C. G.; Roach, Pat; Sonne, Christian; Stern, Gary & Wiig, Øystein (2011). Temporal trends of Hg in Arctic biota, an update. Science of the Total Environment.  ISSN 0048-9697.  409(18), s 3520- 3526 . doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.002
  • Selås, Vidar; Sonerud, Geir; Framstad, Erik; Kålås, John Atle; Kobro, Sverre; Pedersen, Helge B.; Spidsø, Tor Kristian & Wiig, Øystein (2011). Climate change in Norway: warm summers limit grouse reproduction. Population Ecology.  ISSN 1438-3896.  53(2), s 361- 371 . doi: 10.1007/s10144-010-0255-0
  • Wiig, Øystein; Heide-Jørgensen, M.P.; Lindqvist, Charlotte; Laidre, K.; Postma, L.; Dueck, L. & Bachmann, Lutz (2011). Recaptures of genotyped bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Eastern Canada and West Greenland.. Endangered Species Research.  ISSN 1863-5407.  14, s 235- 242
  • Yom-Tov, Yoram; Kvam, Tor & Wiig, Øystein (2011). Lynx body size in Norway is related to its main prey (Roe Deer) density, climate and latitude . Ambio.  ISSN 0044-7447.  40(1), s 43- 51 . doi: 10.1007/s13280-010-0070-z
  • Aars, J.; Derocher, A.E.; Jenssen, Bjørn Munro; Andersen, M. & Wiig, Øystein (2010). Polar bear research in Norway, 2005-2009, In M.E. Obbard; G.W. Thiemann; E. Peacock & T.D. DeBruyn (ed.),  Polar Bears: Proceedings of the 15th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 June-3 July 2009.  IUCN.  ISBN 9782831712550.  Kapittel.  s 157 - 163
  • Derocher, A.E.; Andersen, M.; Wiig, Øystein & Aars, J. (2010). Sexual dimorphism and the mating ecology of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard.. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.  ISSN 0340-5443.  64(6), s 939- 946 . doi: 10.1007/s00265-010-0909-0
  • Vongraven, D.; Ekker, M.; Wiig, Øystein & Aars, J. (2010). Management of polar bears in Norway, 2005-2009, In M.E. Obbard; G.W. Thiemann; E. Peacock & T.D. DeBruyn (ed.),  Polar Bears: Proceedings of the 15th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, Copenhagen, Denmark, 29 June-3 July 2009.  IUCN.  ISBN 9782831712550.  Kapittel.  s 149 - 155
  • Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Øien, N.; Kovacs, K.M. & Lydersen, C. (2010). Observations of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Svalbard area 1940-2009. Polar Biology.  ISSN 0722-4060.  33(7), s 979- 984 . doi: 10.1007/s00300-010-0776-1
  • Derocher, A.E.; Van Parijs, S.M. & Wiig, Øystein (2010). Nursing vocalization of a polar bear cub. Ursus (International Association for Bear Research and Management).  ISSN 1537-6176.  21(2), s 189- 191
  • Heide-Jørgensen, M.P.; Laidre, K.; Wiig, Øystein; Postma, L.; Dueck, L. & Bachmann, Lutz (2010). Large-scale sexual segregation of bowhead whales.. Endangered Species Research.  ISSN 1863-5407.  13, s 73- 78
  • Lindqvist, C.; Schuster, S.C.; Sun, Y.Z.; Talbot, S.L.; Qi, J.; Ratan, A.; Tomsho, L.P.; Kasson, L.; Zeyl, E.; Aars, Jon; Miller, W.; Ingólfsson, Ólafur; Bachmann, L. & Wiig, Øystein (2010). Complete mitochondrial genome of a Pleistocene jawbone unveils the origin of polar bear. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America.  ISSN 0027-8424.  107(11), s 5053- 5057 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.0914266107
  • Swenson, Jon E.; Bjørge, Arne Jostein; Kovacs, Kit; Syvertsen, P.O.; Wiig, Øystein & Zedrosser, Andreas (2010). Pattedyr Mammalia, I:  Norsk rødliste for arter 2010. The 2010 Norwegian Red List for Species.  Artsdatabanken.  ISBN 978-82-92838-26-6.  Kapittel.  s 431 - 440
  • Yom-Tov, Y.; Roos, A.; Mortensen, P.; Wiig, Øystein; Yom-Tov, S. & Heggberget, T.M. (2010). Recent Changes in Body Size of the Eurasian Otter Lutra lutra in Sweden. Ambio.  ISSN 0044-7447.  39(7), s 496- 503 . doi: 10.1007/s13280-010-0074-8
  • Zeyl, Eve Marie Louise; Ehrich, Dorothee; Aars, Jon; Bachmann, Lutz & Wiig, Øystein (2010). Denning-area fidelity and mitochondrial DNA diversity of female polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Barents Sea. Canadian Journal of Zoology.  ISSN 0008-4301.  88(12), s 1139- 1148 . doi: 10.1139/Z10-078
  • Åsbakk, Kjetil; Aars, J.; Derocher, A.E.; Wiig, Øystein; Oksanen, A.; Born, Erik W.; Dietz, Rune; Sonne, Christian; Godfroid, Jacques & Kapel, Christian M.O. (2010). Serosurvey for Trichinella in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard and the Barents Sea. Veterinary parasitology.  ISSN 0304-4017.  172(3-4), s 256- 263 . doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.05.018
  • Aars, J.; Marques, T.A.; Buckland, S.T.; Andersen, M.; Belikov, S.E.; Boltunov, A.N. & Wiig, Øystein (2009). Estimating the Barents Sea polar bear subpopulation size. Marine mammal science.  ISSN 0824-0469.  25(1), s 35- 52 . doi: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2008.00228.x
  • Born, E.W.; Dietz, R.; Wiig, Øystein; Aars, J. & Andersen, M. (2009). Polar bear Ursus maritimus, In D. Boertmann; A. Mosbech; D. Schiedek & K. Johansen (ed.),  The western Greenland Sea. A preliminary strategic environmental impact assessment of hydrocarbon activities in the KANUMAS East area..  NERI Technical report.  Polar bear.  s 93 - 100
  • Lindqvist, Charlotte; Bachmann, Lutz; Andersen, L.W.; Born, E.W.; Arnason, Ulfur; Kovacs, K.M.; Lydersen, Christian; Abramov, Alexei & Wiig, Øystein (2009). The Laptev Sea walrus Odobenus rosmarus laptevi: an enigma revisited. Zoologica Scripta.  ISSN 0300-3256.  38(2), s 113- 127 . doi: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00364.x
  • Oksanen, A; Åsbakk, K.; Prestrud, K.; Aars, J.; Derocher, A.E.; Tryland, M.; Wiig, Øystein; Dubey, J.P.; Sonne, C.; Dietz, R; Andersen, M. & Born, E.W. (2009). Prevalence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard and East Greenland. Journal of Parasitology.  ISSN 0022-3395.  95, s 89- 94
  • Zeyl, E; Aars, J; Aars, Jon; Ehrich, D; Ehrich, Dorothee; Wiig, Øystein & Wiig, O. (2009). Families in space: relatedness in the Barents Sea population of polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Molecular Ecology.  ISSN 0962-1083.  18(4), s 735- 749 . doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04049.x
  • Zeyl, E; Aars, Jon; Ehrich, Dorothee; Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, O. & Wiig, Øystein (2009). The mating system of polar bears: a genetic approach. Canadian Journal of Zoology.  ISSN 0008-4301.  87(12), s 1195- 1209 . doi: 10.1139/Z09-107
  • Abramov, Alexei; Puzachenko, A.Y. & Wiig, Øystein (2009). Cranial variation in the European badger Meles meles (Carnivora, Mustelidae) in Scandinavia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.  ISSN 0024-4082.  157(2), s 433- 450 . doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00507.x

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  • Bachmann, Lutz; Grond, Joost; Hahn, Christoph & Wiig, Øystein (2013). Towards Paleo-Population Genomics of Spitsbergen Bowhead Whales. Meta.  ISSN 1890-1956.  (01/2013), s 14- 18
  • Born, E.W.; Laidre, K.L. & Wiig, Øystein (2013). Tjek på isbjørnen. [Video ].
  • Wiig, Øystein (2013, 26. februar). – Grunn til å bekymre seg over villsvin i Noreg . [Internett].  http://www.nrk.no/.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2013, 28. februar). – Grunn til å bekymre seg over villsvin i Noreg. [Internett].  forskning.no.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2013, 28. februar). - Ikke skyt sjefssugga. [Internett].  http://www.smaalenene.no/nyheter/article6525219.ece.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2013, 06. mars). Wild boars generates worries in Norway. [Internett].  ScienceNordic.com.
  • Bachmann, Lutz; Grond, Joost; Hahn, Christoph; Lindqvist, Charlotte & Wiig, Øystein (2012). Mitogenomics of the historic Spitsbergen Stock of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus).
  • Bachmann, Lutz & Wiig, Øystein (2012). Isbjørnens evolusjon ble påvirket av krysning med brunbjørn .
  • Bachmann, Lutz & Wiig, Øystein (2012, 24. juli). Klimaendringer og brunbjørn skapte isbjørnen. [Internett].  Uniforum.
  • Lydersen, Christian; Kovacs, K.M. & Wiig, Øystein (2012). Vandrer som før, men synger for livet?. Svalbardposten.  28, s 20- 21
  • Miller, Webb; Ratan, Aakrosh; Talbot, Sandra L; Welch, Andreanna; Bedoya, Oscar; Tomsho, Lynn P; Peacock, Lily; Farley, Sean; Sage, George; Rode, Karyn; Obbard, Martyn; Aars, Jon; Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, Øystein & Schuster, Stephan C (2012). Genome-wide Investigation of Admixture in Polar and Brown Bears.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2012, 07. august). Capturing the winter songs of rare whales. [Internett].  The New York Times.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2012, 24. juli). Eldgammel isbjørn. [Internett].  www.svalbardposten.no.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2012, 10. desember). Grønlandshval synger i Framstredet. [Radio].  NRK P2: Ekkon.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2012). Grønlandshvalen - en truet gigant ved Svalbard.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2012, 24. juli). Halvt isbjørn, halvt brunbjørn. [Internett].  www.nordlys.no.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2012). Hodejeger. En utstilling av troféer donert til museet av jegeren Olaf Holm Hellenes fra Larvik.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2012, 24. juli). Isbjørnen er påvirket av krysning med brunbjørn. [Internett].  www.npolar.no.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2012, 27. juli). Mer enn fire millioner år gammel.  Svalbardposten.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2012, 06. desember). Vandringer til isbjørn på Grønland. [Radio].  NRK P2: Ekko.
  • Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz & Ingólfsson, Ólafur (2012, 24. juli). Polar bears much older than assumed. [Internett].  www.unis.no.
  • Wiig, Øystein; Born, E.W. & Laidre, K.L. (2012). Isbjørnmerking i Nordvestgrønland. Polarboken.  ISSN 0332-7620.  2012, s 14- 24
  • Bytingsvik, J.; Lie, E.; Aars, J.; Wiig, Øystein; Derocher, A.E. & Jenssen, Bjørn Munro (2011). Temporalr trends in plasma consentrations and relative distribution of PCBs and OH-PCBs in mother-cub pairs of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from Svalbard, Norway..
  • Wiig, Øystein (2011, 12. januar). Det kryr av døde dyr på Zoologisk museum.. [Internett].  Aftenposten. no Video.
  • Wiig, Øystein; Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Lindqvist, Charlotte; Laidre, K.; Palsbøll, Per J. & Bachmann, Lutz (2011). Population estimates of mark and recaptured genotyped bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Disko Bay, West Greenland.
  • Wiig, Øystein; Heide-Jørgensen, M.P.; Lindqvist, C.; Laidre, K.; Palsbøll, P.J. & Bachmann, Lutz (2011). Population estimates of mark and recaptured genotyped bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in Disko Bay, West Greenland..
  • Wiig, Øystein; Mehlum, F.; Lifjeld, J.T. & Lønnve, J. (2011, 12. januar). Dødt dyreliv på Tøyen..  Aftenposten.
  • Bjørge, A.; Fagerheim, K.-A.; Lydersen, C.; Skern-Mauritzen, M. & Wiig, Øystein (red.) (2010). Sjøens pattedyr 2010..
  • Lydersen, C.; Wiig, Øystein & Kovacs, K.M. (2010). Hvaler blant isflak.. Ottar.  ISSN 0030-6703.  2010(2), s 41- 49
  • Moore, S.E.; Stafford, K.M.; Berchok, C.; Melling, H.; Wiig, Øystein; Kovacs, K.M. & Lydersen, C. (2010). Including Passive Acoustic Capability in Arctic Ocean Observing Systems..
  • Stafford, K.M.; Miller, E.H.; Moore, S.E.; Berchok, C.; Melling, H.; Wiig, Øystein & Lydersen, C. (2010). Passive acoustic monitoring for marine mammals at two sites in the Arctic Ocean: the Chuckchi Plateau and Fram Strait.
  • Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Kovacs, KM; Swift, Rene & Lydersen, Christian (2010). Survey of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Northeast Atlantic in 2010.
  • Wiig, Øystein; Lydersen, C. & Kovacs, K.M. (2010). Grønlandshvalen - vår mest truede hvalbestand.. Fisken og Havet, Særnummer.  ISSN 0802-0620.  2-2010, s 68- 70
  • Bachmann, Lutz & Wiig, Øystein (2010). 130.000 år gammelt fossilt DNA fra Svalbard avklarer isbjørnens aner .
  • Bachmann, Lutz & Wiig, Øystein (2010, 02. mars). Var den første isbjørnen norsk?. [Internett].  Forskning.no.
  • Bachmann, Lutz; Wiig, Øystein; Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Laidre, KL; Postma, Lianne; Dueck, L. & Palsbøll, Per J. (2010). Genetic diversity in Eastern Canadian and Western Greenland bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus).
  • Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Laidre, KL; Wiig, Øystein; Postma, Lianne; Dueck, L. & Bachmann, Lutz (2010). Large scale sexual segregation of bowhead whales.
  • Lindqvist, C. & Wiig, Øystein (2010, 01. mars). International team sequences ancient polar bear mithocondrial genome.. [Internett].  genomeweb.com.
  • Syvertsen, Per Ole; Isaksen, Kjell; Olsen, Kjell Magne; Ree, Viggo; Solheim, Roar & Wiig, Øystein (2010). Nye norske navn på pattedyr, med oppdatert liste over arter påvist i Norge.. Fauna.  ISSN 0014-8881.  63, s 50- 59
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  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 01. mars). DNA Evidence Indicates Polar Bears Are Evolutionarily Young. [Internett].  http://www.science20.com/news_articles/dna_evidence_indicate.
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  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 27. oktober). Hei grevling, er du mandalitt?.  Lindesnes Avis.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 02. januar). I isbjørnens rike..  Aftenposten..
  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 01. desember). Isbjørn og klimaendringer i Arktis.. [Radio].  NRK Verdt å Vite..
  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 15. oktober). Isbjørn. Kan ha oppstått på Svalbard..  Aftenposten..
  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 07. januar). Merking av isbjørn påp Grønland.. [TV].  NRK TV, Schrödinger katt..
  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 28. februar). Polar bear is a "new" species. [Internett].  www.timesonline.co.uk.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 01. mars). Polar bears are newcomers on the world stage. [Internett].  http://news.mongabay.com/2010/0301-hance_polarbears.html.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 26. oktober). Påkjørt grevling kan komme til nytte. [Radio].  NRK Østlandssendingen.
  • Wiig, Øystein (2010, 26. oktober). Påkjørt grevling kan være nyttig. [Internett].  http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostlandssendingen/1.73521.
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  • Wiig, Øystein; Bachmann, Lutz; Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Laidre, KL; Postma, Lianne; Dueck, L. & Palsbøll, Per J. (2010). Within and between stock re-identifications of bowhead whales in Eastern Canada and West Greenland.
  • Wiig, Øystein & Lindqvist, C. (2010). Ancient DNA from Rare Fossil Reveals that Polar Bears Evolved Recently and Adapted Quickly .
  • Andersen, M.; Derocher, A.E.; Wiig, Øystein & Aars, J. (2009). Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternity denning in Svalbard, Norway.
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