Size-at-age relationships as discriminators of white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) stocks in the eastern Canadian Arctic

White whales harvested by Inuit at Arviat on western Hudson Bay, Pangnirtung on Cumberland Sound and Grise Fiord on the north side of Jones Sound were sampled for analysis of size and age in 1984-87. The sampling sites are thought to represent western Hudson Bay, Southeast Baffin and High Arctic sto...

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Main Author: Stewart, Robert E. A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press 1994
Subjects:
Arctic
Cumberland Sound
Grise Fiord
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Jones Sound
Pangnirtung
Arviat
Baffin
Delphinapterus leucas
inuit
White whale
Online Access:https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142552
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spelling ftkbcopenhojs:oai:ojs.tidsskrift.dk:article/142552 2024-01-28T10:03:20+01:00 Size-at-age relationships as discriminators of white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) stocks in the eastern Canadian Arctic Stewart, Robert E. A. 1994-04-22 application/pdf https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142552 eng eng Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142552/186226 https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142552 Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; Vol. 39 (1994): Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; 217-225 Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; Årg. 39 (1994): Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; 217-225 0106-1054 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1994 ftkbcopenhojs 2024-01-03T23:58:33Z White whales harvested by Inuit at Arviat on western Hudson Bay, Pangnirtung on Cumberland Sound and Grise Fiord on the north side of Jones Sound were sampled for analysis of size and age in 1984-87. The sampling sites are thought to represent western Hudson Bay, Southeast Baffin and High Arctic stocks of white whales, respectively. Males were longer than females at all locations. White whales from western Hudson Bay were significantly shorter as adults than white whales from the other two locations. Analysis of published data showed that eastern Hudson Bay white whales are also significantly smaller than Cumberland Sound whales. Differences in asymptotic length between whales from Cumberland Sound and Jones Sound, and between whales from eastern and western Hudson Bay, were not significant. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arviat Baffin Cumberland Sound Delphinapterus leucas Grise Fiord Hudson Bay inuit Jones Sound White whale Tidsskrift.dk (The Royal Library, Denmark) Arctic Cumberland Sound ENVELOPE(-66.014,-66.014,65.334,65.334) Grise Fiord ENVELOPE(-82.895,-82.895,76.418,76.418) Hudson Hudson Bay Jones Sound ENVELOPE(-86.000,-86.000,76.002,76.002) Pangnirtung ENVELOPE(-65.707,-65.707,66.145,66.145)
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description White whales harvested by Inuit at Arviat on western Hudson Bay, Pangnirtung on Cumberland Sound and Grise Fiord on the north side of Jones Sound were sampled for analysis of size and age in 1984-87. The sampling sites are thought to represent western Hudson Bay, Southeast Baffin and High Arctic stocks of white whales, respectively. Males were longer than females at all locations. White whales from western Hudson Bay were significantly shorter as adults than white whales from the other two locations. Analysis of published data showed that eastern Hudson Bay white whales are also significantly smaller than Cumberland Sound whales. Differences in asymptotic length between whales from Cumberland Sound and Jones Sound, and between whales from eastern and western Hudson Bay, were not significant.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Stewart, Robert E. A.
spellingShingle Stewart, Robert E. A.
Size-at-age relationships as discriminators of white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) stocks in the eastern Canadian Arctic
author_facet Stewart, Robert E. A.
author_sort Stewart, Robert E. A.
title Size-at-age relationships as discriminators of white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) stocks in the eastern Canadian Arctic
title_short Size-at-age relationships as discriminators of white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) stocks in the eastern Canadian Arctic
title_full Size-at-age relationships as discriminators of white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) stocks in the eastern Canadian Arctic
title_fullStr Size-at-age relationships as discriminators of white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) stocks in the eastern Canadian Arctic
title_full_unstemmed Size-at-age relationships as discriminators of white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) stocks in the eastern Canadian Arctic
title_sort size-at-age relationships as discriminators of white whale (delphinapterus leucas) stocks in the eastern canadian arctic
publisher Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press
publishDate 1994
url https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142552
long_lat ENVELOPE(-66.014,-66.014,65.334,65.334)
ENVELOPE(-82.895,-82.895,76.418,76.418)
ENVELOPE(-86.000,-86.000,76.002,76.002)
ENVELOPE(-65.707,-65.707,66.145,66.145)
geographic Arctic
Cumberland Sound
Grise Fiord
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Jones Sound
Pangnirtung
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Cumberland Sound
Grise Fiord
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Jones Sound
Pangnirtung
genre Arctic
Arviat
Baffin
Cumberland Sound
Delphinapterus leucas
Grise Fiord
Hudson Bay
inuit
Jones Sound
White whale
genre_facet Arctic
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Baffin
Cumberland Sound
Delphinapterus leucas
Grise Fiord
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Jones Sound
White whale
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Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; Årg. 39 (1994): Meddelelser om Grønland. Bioscience; 217-225
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