Cook Inlet Belugas, Delphinapterus leucas: Status and Overview
Of the five populations of beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, in Alaska, the most isolated is the one in Cook Inlet (Hazard, 1988; Hill and DeMaster, 1998) (Fig. 1). The geographic and genetic segregation of this stock (O’Corry-Crowe et al., 1997), combined with the beluga’s tendency toward site fidelit...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2000
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Online Access: | http://aquaticcommons.org/9765/ http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/mfr623/mfr6231.pdf http://aquaticcommons.org/9765/1/mfr6231.pdf |
Summary: | Of the five populations of beluga, Delphinapterus leucas, in Alaska, the most isolated is the one in Cook Inlet (Hazard, 1988; Hill and DeMaster, 1998) (Fig. 1). The geographic and genetic segregation of this stock (O’Corry-Crowe et al., 1997), combined with the beluga’s tendency toward site fidelity in summer, makes this population especially vulnerable to impacts from large or persistent harvests. |
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