Incorporating environmental covariates into a Bayesian stock production model for the endangered Cumberland Sound beluga population

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: BA Biddlecombe, CA Watt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2022
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Nunavut; Baffin Island; Canada; Cumberland Sound; Baffin; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01186; https://doaj.org/article/8ce1ed28dd6348db9fb91cd041ca832f

The Cumberland Sound (CS) beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population inhabits CS on eastern Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, and is listed as threatened under the Canadian Species at Risk Act. The population dynamics of CS beluga whales have been modelled in the past, but the effect of environmental c...