The effect of sea-ice loss on beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in West Greenland

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Laidre, K. L., Borchers, David Louis, Marques, Tiago A., Stern, H., Simon, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Beluga; Climate change; Line transect; Sea ice; West Greenland; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Store Hellefiske Bank; Baffin; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; inuit; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/the-effect-of-seaice-loss-on-beluga-whales-delphinapterus-leucas-in-west-greenland(17f465a9-e0e5-4008-abdc-318e54daa87b).html; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00142.x; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/1856/1/PolarResearch2010vol29_2BelugaWhales.pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77955071242&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/6061

An aerial survey was conducted to estimate the abundance of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) on their wintering ground in West Greenland in March–April 2006 and 2008. The survey was conducted as a double platform aerial line transect survey, and sampled approximately 17% of the total survey area of c...