Distribution and abundance of Canadian High Arctic belugas, 1974-1979

• Published in: NAMMCO Scientific Publications
• Main Authors: William R Koski, Kerwin J Finley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2002
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Devon Island; Ellesmere Island; Jones Sound; Lancaster Sound; Peel Sound; Somerset Island; Arctic Population; Baffin; Beluga*; Boreogadus saida; Delphinapterus leucas; polar cod
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/3.2839; https://doaj.org/article/adae22b2884041c197feb9830d104d2c

We conducted >236,000 km of aerial surveys and some supplementary studies of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in the central and eastern Canadian High Arctic in 974-79. Belugas that wintered in the “North Water” in Baffin Bay moved southwest into Lancaster Sound in April and early May. The main we...