Sightings of belugas and other marine mammals in the North Water, late March 1993

Arctic

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-4

  Richard, P R ^a   Orr, J R ^a   Dietz, R ^b   Dueck, L ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^b National Environmental Research Institute   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Baffin Bay; Beluga; Bowhead whale; Delphinapterus leucas; Ice leads; Narwhal; North Water; Polynya; Walrus; Winter

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; BELUGA; MARINE MAMMAL; POLYNYA; WINTERING;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY; CANADA; LANCASTER SOUND; NORTH WATER; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ANIMALIA; BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; MONODON; MONODON MONOCEROS; ODOBENIDAE; ODOBENUS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS; ODOBENUS ROSMARUS ROSMARUS; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0031971670     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic1039     Document Type: Article

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