Fall Movements of Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) with Satellite-linked Transmitters in Lancaster Sound, Jones Sound, and Northern Baffin Bay

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Richard, P.R., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., St. Aubin, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1998
• Subjects: beluga; Delphinapterus leucas; High Arctic; North Water; satellite telemetry; swimming speed; fall migration; béluga; Extrême-Arctique; télémesure par satellite; vitesse de nage; migration automnale; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Coburg Island; Croker; Croker Bay; Devon Island; Ellesmere Island; Greenland; Jones Sound; Lady Ann Strait; Lancaster Sound; Arctic cod; Arctique*; Baffin; Beluga; Beluga*; Béluga*; Boreogadus saida; Coburg island; Groenland
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64096

Six adult belugas, Delphinapterus leucas, (2 males, 4 females) were instrumented with satellite-linked transmitters in Croker Bay, southeastern Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic in mid-September 1995. Some days, the animals remained close to shore along the southeastern and eastern shoreline...