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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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 |