Population dynamics of the threatened Cumberland Sound beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population

• Published in: Arctic Science
• Main Authors: Cortney A. Watt, Marianne Marcoux, Steven H. Ferguson, Mike O. Hammill, Cory J.D. Matthews
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2021
• Subjects: beluga whale abundance; aerial survey; population modelling; risk assessment; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Environmental engineering; TA170-171; Nunavut; Canada; Cumberland Sound; Pangnirtung; Arctic; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2019-0030; https://doaj.org/article/d4d09a36b08d4fb1a4e12533e8945acc

Current scientific evidence indicates that the threatened Cumberland Sound beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)) population is genetically differentiated and spatially segregated from other beluga whale populations. This population has been hunted for subsistence for centuries by Inuit...