The effect of sea-ice loss on beluga whales ( Delphinapterus leucas ) in West Greenland

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...

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Published in:Polar Research
Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Laidre, K.L., Simon, Malene Juul, Borchers, D, Stern, H
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Arctic
Baffin Bay
Greenland
Store Hellefiske Bank
Baffin
Beluga
Beluga*
Delphinapterus leucas
inuit
Polar Research
Sea ice
Online Access:https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/the-effect-of-seaice-loss-on-beluga-whales-delphinapterus-leucas-in-west-greenland(370b79e0-22dd-11df-b95d-000ea68e967b).html
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00142.x

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