Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), environmental change and marine protected areas in the Western Canadian Arctic
Two Arctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (Tarium Niryutait and Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam) have been established in the Western Canadian Arctic, including the first in the Arctic, with conservation objectives directed to protect and maintain healthy beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) populations. The MPAs su...
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ftunivscoast:usc:26389 2023-05-15T14:47:07+02:00 Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), environmental change and marine protected areas in the Western Canadian Arctic Loseto, L L Hoover, C Ostertag, S Whalen, D Pearce, T Paulic, J Iacozza, J MacPhee, S 2018 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.05.026 eng eng Academic Press usc:26389 URN:ISSN: 0272-7714 FoR multidisciplinary indicator management plans marine ecosystem inuvialuit Indigenous knowledge Journal Article 2018 ftunivscoast https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.05.026 2019-06-17T22:27:51Z Two Arctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (Tarium Niryutait and Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam) have been established in the Western Canadian Arctic, including the first in the Arctic, with conservation objectives directed to protect and maintain healthy beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) populations. The MPAs support the continued access of Inuvialuit (Western Arctic Inuit) to harvest beluga whales for food security and cultural purposes. The land claim and co-management framework for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region support the long term monitoring and management plans for this beluga population. We draw upon over 40 years of monitoring of the Eastern Beaufort Sea (EBS) beluga whale population and consider the utility of biological indicators for MPA management. In particular we focus on the conservation of a beluga population whose home range extends far beyond MPA boundaries (transboundary population with summer core area in excess of 36, 000 Km2). We conclude that the EBS beluga whales are effective indicators of environmental change, but that we have limited understanding of the temporal and spatial relationships between beluga responses to processes that drive environmental change. Management bodies are challenged with implementing indicators that measure the impacts of ‘non-manageable’ stressors such as climate change, and by uncertainty in the mechanistic relationships that drive biological indicators. Given that Inuvialuit continue to be astute observers of the environment and changing conditions, our assessment suggests that Indigenous knowledge will continue to enhance the development and interpretation of beluga whale indicators for use in MPA monitoring and management. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Beaufort Sea Beluga Beluga whale Beluga* Climate change Delphinapterus leucas inuit Inuvialuit University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia: COAST Research Database Arctic Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 212 128 137 |
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Two Arctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (Tarium Niryutait and Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam) have been established in the Western Canadian Arctic, including the first in the Arctic, with conservation objectives directed to protect and maintain healthy beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) populations. The MPAs support the continued access of Inuvialuit (Western Arctic Inuit) to harvest beluga whales for food security and cultural purposes. The land claim and co-management framework for the Inuvialuit Settlement Region support the long term monitoring and management plans for this beluga population. We draw upon over 40 years of monitoring of the Eastern Beaufort Sea (EBS) beluga whale population and consider the utility of biological indicators for MPA management. In particular we focus on the conservation of a beluga population whose home range extends far beyond MPA boundaries (transboundary population with summer core area in excess of 36, 000 Km2). We conclude that the EBS beluga whales are effective indicators of environmental change, but that we have limited understanding of the temporal and spatial relationships between beluga responses to processes that drive environmental change. Management bodies are challenged with implementing indicators that measure the impacts of ‘non-manageable’ stressors such as climate change, and by uncertainty in the mechanistic relationships that drive biological indicators. Given that Inuvialuit continue to be astute observers of the environment and changing conditions, our assessment suggests that Indigenous knowledge will continue to enhance the development and interpretation of beluga whale indicators for use in MPA monitoring and management. |
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Loseto, L L Hoover, C Ostertag, S Whalen, D Pearce, T Paulic, J Iacozza, J MacPhee, S |
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Loseto, L L Hoover, C Ostertag, S Whalen, D Pearce, T Paulic, J Iacozza, J MacPhee, S |
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Loseto, L L |
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Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), environmental change and marine protected areas in the Western Canadian Arctic |
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Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), environmental change and marine protected areas in the Western Canadian Arctic |
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Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), environmental change and marine protected areas in the Western Canadian Arctic |
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Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), environmental change and marine protected areas in the Western Canadian Arctic |
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Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), environmental change and marine protected areas in the Western Canadian Arctic |
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beluga whales (delphinapterus leucas), environmental change and marine protected areas in the western canadian arctic |
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