(Table 1) Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) density and abundance, and pod characteristics in west Greenland waters

• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Laidre, Kristin L, Borchers, David, Marques, Tiago A, Stern, H, Simon, M
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: Area; Area/locality; Coefficient; DATE/TIME; Date/time end; Delphinapterus leucas; density; density of pods; number of pods; pod size; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Length of transect; Number; Number of observations; Ratio; Sampling date; W_Greenland_area2; West Greenland; Whale watching; WHW; Baffin Bay; Baffin; Beluga; Beluga*; Greenland; International Polar Year; inuit; Polar Research; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.811008; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811008

An aerial survey was conducted to estimate the abundance of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) on their wintering ground in West Greenland in March-April 2006 and 2008. The survey was conducted as a double platform aerial line transect survey, and sampled approximately 17% of the total survey area of c...