Photographic evidence of tagging impacts for two beluga whales from the Cumberland Sound and western Hudson Bay populations

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Kasey P. Ryan, Stephen D. Petersen, Steven H. Ferguson, C-Jae C. Breiter, Cortney A. Watt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Delphinapterus leucas; tag attachment impacts; Arctique; impacts de la fixation des étiquettes; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Cumberland Sound; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Arctique*; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2021-0032; https://doaj.org/article/0215bfe0e6d34581b2c0a17e141ea097

Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)) movements, habitat use, and diving behaviour have been studied using satellite-linked transmitters for decades. The inaccessibility of Arctic and subarctic habitats makes these instruments especially valuable for beluga research. The long-term effe...