Photographic evidence of tagging impacts for two beluga whales from the Cumberland Sound and western Hudson Bay populations

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Ryan, Kasey P., Petersen, Stephen D., Ferguson, Steven H., Breiter, C-Jae C., Watt, Cortney A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2022
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; General Agricultural and Biological Sciences; General Environmental Science; Arctic; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Cumberland Sound; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0032; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/as-2021-0032; https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/as-2021-0032

Beluga whale ( Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)) movements, habitat use, and diving behaviour have been studied using satellite-linked transmitters for decades. The inaccessibility of Arctic and subarctic habitats makes these instruments especially valuable for beluga research. The long-term eff...