Seasonal movement and habitat use of beluga whales in the Canadian Beaufort Sea

• Main Author: Hornby, Claire, Alexandra
• Other Authors: Loseto, Lisa (Environment & Geography) Barber, David (Environment & Geography), Stern, Gary (Environment & Geography) Manseau, Micheline (Natural Resources Institute)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Habitat Use; Beaufort Sea; Beluga whales; Climate change; Arctic; Spatial habitat modeling; Tuktoyaktuk; Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Mackenzie Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31086

To enhance knowledge of beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) movement and habitat use in the southeast Beaufort Sea, we examined aerial survey data from two critical seasons: spring (2012-2013) and late-summer (2007-2009). In the spring, belugas were associated to variables of sea ice, bathymetry, a...