Importance of eating capelin: Unique dietary habits of hudson bay beluga

A Little Less Arctic: Top Predators in the World's Largest Northern Inland Sea, Hudson Bay

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 53-69

  Kelley, T C ^a   Loseto, L L ^b   Stewart, R E A ^c   Yurkowski, M ^c   Ferguson, S H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blubber; Boreogadus saida; Cumberland Sound; Delphinapterus leucas; Fatty acids; Feeding ecology; Food web; High Arctic; Hudson Bay; Mallotus villosus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870812477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9121-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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