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Potential for spatial displacement of Cook Inlet beluga whales by anthropogenic noise in critical habitat

open access: yesEndangered Species Research, 2017
The population of beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska, USA, declined by nearly half in the mid-1990s, primarily from an unsustainable harvest, and was listed as endangered in 2008.
Small, RJ   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validation of Growth Layer Group (GLG) depositional rate using daily incremental growth lines in the dentin of beluga (Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)) teeth. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2018
Counts of Growth Layer Groups (GLGs) in the dentin of marine mammal teeth are widely used as indicators of age. In most marine mammals, observations document that GLGs are deposited yearly, but in beluga whales, some studies have supported the view that ...
David A Waugh   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diet and feeding observations from an unusual beluga harvest in 2014 near Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Canada

open access: yesArctic Science, 2018
The Eastern Beaufort Sea (EBS) beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population are an important traditional food for the Inuit of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories (NT) Canada.
Lisa L. Loseto   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long Distance Migration of Beluga (Huso huso) and Stellate Sturgeon (Acipenser stellatus) in Lower Danube River in Relation with Iron Gate II Dam

open access: yesBulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2018
Construction of the dams in Lower Danube River (LDR- rkm 0 Sulina – rkm 1075 Baziasi) without fish passages, as well as illegal fishery and river bottom modification due to navigation had negative impact on sturgeon’s populations.
Ștefan HONŢ   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serological Detection of Marine Origin Brucella Exposure in Two Alaska Beluga Stocks

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
Among emerging threats to the Arctic is the introduction, spread, or resurgence of disease. Marine brucellosis is an emerging disease concern among free-ranging cetaceans and is less well-studied than terrestrial forms.
Laura A. Thompson   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acoustic behavior of melon-headed whales varies on a diel cycle. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many terrestrial and marine species have a diel activity pattern, and their acoustic signaling follows their current behavioral state. Whistles and echolocation clicks on long-term recordings produced by melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) at ...
Baumann-Pickering, Simone   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Sturgeon caviar and cardiovascular diseases, Caspian Sea wild and farmed beluga, Huso huso caviar and their lipid quality indices [PDF]

open access: yesCaspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2021
The objective was to investigate the detailed information about proximate, fatty acid compositions and lipid quality indices in the caviar of wild and farmed beluga, Huso huso from Iran.
Shahrzad Barimani   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transitions of social-ecological subsistence systems in the Arctic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Transitions of social-ecological systems (SES) expose governance systems to new challenges. This is particularly so in the Arctic where resource systems are increasingly subjected to global warming, industrial development and globalization which ...
Clark, Douglas A.   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Improved Beluga Whale Optimization for RFID Network Planning [PDF]

open access: yesJisuanji kexue
With the development of radio frequency identification(RFID) technology,the demand for its application is getting higher and higher,and the research in reader deployment is gradually deepening.In order to solve the RFID reader location planning problem ...
CHEN Yijun, ZHENG Jiali, LI Zhiqian, ZHANG Jiangbo, ZHU Xinghong
doaj   +1 more source

Detection and tracking of belugas, kayaks and motorized boats in drone video using deep learning1

open access: yesDrone Systems and Applications, 2022
Aerial imagery surveys are commonly used in marine mammal research to determine population size, distribution and habitat use. Analysis of aerial photos involves hours of manually identifying individuals present in each image and converting raw counts ...
Madison L. Harasyn   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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