Composition and temporal variation in the diet of beluga whales, derived from stable isotopes

• Published in: Marine Ecology Progress Series
• Main Authors: Marcoux, Marianne, McMeans, Bailey C., Fisk, Aaron T., Ferguson, Steven H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Scholarship at UWindsor 2012
• Subjects: Arctic; Marine mammal; Monodontidae; Time series; Nunavut; Canada; Cumberland Sound; Arctic cod; Beluga; Beluga*; Boreogadus saida; Delphinapterus leucas
• Online Access: https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/glierpub/380; https://doi.org/10.3354/meps10029

The diet of individuals within a species commonly differs among sex and age classes because of differences in energy requirements and physiological needs. Belugas Delphinapterus leucas show a high level of sexual habitat segregation and dimorphism that could result in differences in diet between the...