Estimates of Minimum Population Size for Walrus near Southeast Baffin Island, Nunavut

• Published in: NAMMCO Scientific Publications
• Main Authors: Robert EA Stewart, Erik W Born, Rune Dietz, Anna K Ryan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2014
• Subjects: walrus; Odobenus rosmarus; Canada; Greenland; minimum counted population; aerial surveys; abundance; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Nunavut; Hudson Bay; Baffin Island; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Dyer; Hoare; Cape Dyer; Isabella Bay; Hoare Bay; Loks Land; Saddleback Island; Baffin; Davis Strait; Greenland Institute of Natural Resources; walrus*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/3.2615; https://doaj.org/article/aeef1edca24b4b70be7f8ebf522fef33

To support management objectives in Canada and Greenland, joint research between the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and Greenland Institute of Natural Resources was begun in 2005. Direct counts were used to determine the Minimum Counted Population (MCP) in summer around SE Baffin Island. Aerial...