Movements and Dive Behaviour of Belugas in Northern Quebec

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Kingsley, Michael C.S., Gosselin, Serge, Sleno, Gary A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: beluga; Delphinapterus leucas; dive behaviour; migration; movement; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; visibility; dive speed; bélouga; comportement en plongée; déplacement; baie d’Hudson; détroit d’Hudson; visibilité; vitesse de plongée; Baie d'Hudson; Baie-d'Hudson; Baleine; Belcher; Belcher Islands; Hudson; Le Fond; Rendu; Salluit; Arctic; Beluga; Beluga*; Détroit d'Hudson
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63843

Three adult and three juvenile belugas were fitted with satellite-linked radio tags in eastern Hudson Bay in mid-August 1993, and one adult was tagged in mid-October 1995 in extreme northeastern Hudson Bay. The tags transmitted data on dive behaviour, and the receiving satellite calculated positions...