Dive behaviour of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in the shallow waters of western Hudson

ABSTRACT. Beluga diving was studied in western Hudson Bay, where the preferred habitat of this whale in summer is shallow coastal waters. No relationship was found between the duration of a dive and the surface interval either preceding or following it. During rare periods of intense diving, 77 % of...

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Main Authors: A. R. Martin, P. Hall, P. R. Richard
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2001
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.539.8790
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/arctic54-3-276.pdf