Belugas and Narwhals: Application of New Technology to Whale Science in the Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Reeves, Randall R., St. Aubin, David J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: Beluga whales; Science; Research; Instruments; Animal physiology; Animal behaviour; Narwhals; Genetics; Telemetry; Animal distribution; Animal tagging; Satellite communications; Somerset Island waters; Nunavut; Cunningham Inlet; Peel Sound; Viscount Melville Sound; N.W.T./Nunavut; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Tremblay Sound; Baffin Bay-Davis Strait; Hudson Bay; Melville Bugt; Greenland; Alaskan Beaufort Sea; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Hudson; Melville Sound; Somerset Island; Tremblay; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*; Davis Strait; Melville bugt; narwhal*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63838

. In the course of the research reported in this issue, there have been few observations of tagged whales after release, and this may be unavoidable, given the remoteness, harshness, and darkness of Arctic field conditions. However, on those occasions when there has been follow-up, the results have...