Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) habitat selection in the eastern Beaufort Sea in spring, 1975-1979

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1973-1988

  Asselin, Natalie C ^a   Barber, David G ^a   Stirling, Ian ^b,c   Ferguson, Steven H ^d   Richard, Pierre R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial survey; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Climate change; Habitat selection; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; GADOID; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SEA ICE; SEAFLOOR; SPRING (SEASON); WHALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA;

BOREOGADUS SAIDA; DELPHINAPTERUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 81255187888     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-0990-5     Document Type: Article

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