The effect of sea-ice loss on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in West Greenlandpor_142 198.208

• Main Authors: M. P. Heide-jørgensen, K. L. Laidre, D. Borchers, T. A. Marques, H. Stern, M. Simon
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: climate change; line transect; sea ice; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Store Hellefiske Bank; Baffin; Beluga; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.308.2816; http://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/1856/1/PolarResearch2010vol29_2BelugaWhales.pdf

doi:10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00142.x An aerial survey was conducted to estimate the abundance of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) on their wintering ground in West Greenland in March–April 2006 and 2008. The survey was conducted as a double platform aerial line transect survey, and sampled approximat...