Natural History and Conservation of the Greenland Whale, or Bowhead, in the Northwest Atlantic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Finley, K.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: Greenland whale; bowhead whale; Balaena mysticetus; biology; conservation; management; traditional knowledge; baleine franche; baleine boréale; biologie; gestion; savoir traditionnel; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baie de Baffin; Baleine; Baleine la; Baleinière; Canada; Greenland; Hudson; Hudson Bay; la Baleine; Arctique*; Baffin; Climate change; North Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Orca; Orcinus orca; Copepods
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63821

One of the longest-living mammals, the Greenland whale or bowhead (Balaena mysticetus) is specialized to filter small crustaceans, especially Calanus copepods, from barren Arctic seas. Brought to near extinction by commercial whaling, the North Atlantic 'meta-population' remains at less th...