Sightings of Belugas and Other Marine Mammals in the North Water, Late March 1993
belugas were observed along the shore leads off southeastern Devon Island and in the polynya at the mouth of Jones Sound. Our results confirm other published winter observations that belugas regularly occupy the North Water’s leads and polynyas in winter. Walruses, narwhals, and bowhead whales were...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.517.4333 2023-05-15T14:19:47+02:00 Sightings of Belugas and Other Marine Mammals in the North Water, Late March 1993 The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1996 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.517.4333 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic51-1-1.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.517.4333 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic51-1-1.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic51-1-1.pdf Key words beluga Delphinapterus leucas North Water polynya aerial survey winter ice leads Baffin Bay walrus narwhal bowhead text 1996 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T09:56:04Z belugas were observed along the shore leads off southeastern Devon Island and in the polynya at the mouth of Jones Sound. Our results confirm other published winter observations that belugas regularly occupy the North Water’s leads and polynyas in winter. Walruses, narwhals, and bowhead whales were also seen during these surveys; their presence confirms the use of the North Water wintering area by several other marine mammal species. Text Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Beluga Beluga* Delphinapterus leucas Devon Island Jones Sound narwhal* walrus* Unknown Baffin Bay Devon Island ENVELOPE(-88.000,-88.000,75.252,75.252) Jones Sound ENVELOPE(-86.000,-86.000,76.002,76.002) |
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belugas were observed along the shore leads off southeastern Devon Island and in the polynya at the mouth of Jones Sound. Our results confirm other published winter observations that belugas regularly occupy the North Water’s leads and polynyas in winter. Walruses, narwhals, and bowhead whales were also seen during these surveys; their presence confirms the use of the North Water wintering area by several other marine mammal species. |
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Sightings of Belugas and Other Marine Mammals in the North Water, Late March 1993 |
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Sightings of Belugas and Other Marine Mammals in the North Water, Late March 1993 |
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Sightings of Belugas and Other Marine Mammals in the North Water, Late March 1993 |
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Sightings of Belugas and Other Marine Mammals in the North Water, Late March 1993 |
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Sightings of Belugas and Other Marine Mammals in the North Water, Late March 1993 |
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sightings of belugas and other marine mammals in the north water, late march 1993 |
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