Migration phenology of beluga whales in a changing Arctic

Climate Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 169-178

  Bailleul, Frédéric ^a   Lesage, Véronique ^a   Power, Michael ^b   Doidge, D W ^c   Hammill, Mike O ^a  

^a MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Makivik Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biologging; Climate change; Delphinapterus leucas; Fall migration pattern; Marine mammal; Polar environment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGGING; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MARINE MAMMALS; MIGRATION PATTERNS; POLAR ENVIRONMENTS;

BIOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; MAMMALS; PHENOLS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS;

TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION ROUTE; PHENOLOGY; POLAR REGION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHALE;

BELCHER ISLANDS; CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NUNAVUT;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864744813     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr01104     Document Type: Article

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