Herd composition and behaviour of white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in two Canadian arctic estuaries

• Main Authors: Smith, Thomas G., Hammill, Michael O., Martin, Anthony R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Danish Polar Center/Museum Tusculanum Press 1994
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Cunningham Inlet; Delphinapterus leucas; Nastapoka
• Online Access: https://tidsskrift.dk/meddrgroenland_biosci/article/view/142546

White whales occupy the Nastapoka River and Cunningham Inlet estuaries in northeastern Canada each summer. They arrive at the Nastapoka in late June and at Cunningham in mid-July, where numbers build to maxima of 260 and 1750, respectively. Distribution of whales in both estuaries is influenced main...