Molecular Genetic Stock Discrimination of Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) Hunted in Eastern Hudson Bay, Northern Quebec, Hudson Strait, and Sanikiluaq (Belcher Islands), Canada, and Comparisons to Adjacent Populations

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: de March, B.G.E., Postma, L.D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: beluga; Delphinapterus leucas; Eastern Hudson Bay; Belcher Islands; stock; molecular genetics; mitochondrial DNA; microsatellite; St. Lawrence; Hudson Strait; béluga; est de la baie d'Hudson; îles Belcher; génétique moléculaire; ADN mitochondrial; Saint-Laurent; détroit d'Hudson; Arctic; Baie d'Hudson; Baie-d'Hudson; Belcher; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Kimmirut; Lawrence River; Rivière Nastapoka; Sanikiluaq; Arctique*; Arviat; Baie d'Ungava; Beluga; Beluga*; Béluga*; Détroit d'Hudson; Nastapoka
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63666

Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) harvested from communities on the eastern Hudson Bay (EHB) arc, Sanikiluaq on the Belcher Islands, northwestern Quebec, Hudson Strait, neighboring areas of Hudson Bay, and the St. Lawrence were characterized by differences in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) d-loop seque...