Identification of two novel papillomaviruses in belugas [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 IntroductionPapillomaviruses (PVs) can cause hyperplasia in the skin and mucous membranes of humans, mammals, and non-mammalian animals, and are a significant risk factor for cervical and genital cancers.MethodsUsing next-generation sequencing (NGS), we ...
Youyou Li +17 more
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Skull ecomorphological variation of narwhals (Monodon monoceros, Linnaeus 1758) and belugas (Delphinapterus leucas, Pallas 1776) reveals phenotype of their hybrids. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Narwhals and belugas are toothed whales belonging to the Monodontidae. Belugas have a circumpolar Arctic and sub-Artic distribution while narwhals are restricted to the Atlantic Arctic.
Deborah Vicari +10 more
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Serological Detection of Marine Origin Brucella Exposure in Two Alaska Beluga Stocks [PDF]
Animals, 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
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Do beluga whales truly migrate? Testing a key trait of the classical migration syndrome [PDF]
Movement Ecology, 2023 Background Migration enables organisms to access resources in separate regions that have predictable but asynchronous spatiotemporal variability in habitat quality.
Luke Storrie +5 more
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Machine-Learning Approach for Automatic Detection of Wild Beluga Whales from Hand-Held Camera Pictures [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 A key aspect of ocean protection consists in estimating the abundance of marine mammal population density within their habitat, which is usually accomplished using visual inspection and cameras from line-transect ships, small boats, and aircraft. However,
Voncarlos M. Araújo +4 more
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Population-specific sex and size variation in long-term foraging ecology of belugas and narwhals [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Intraspecific variation in resource use by individuals of different age, sex or size may reflect differing energetic requirements and physiological constraints.
Marie Louis +5 more
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Vertical sonar beam width and scanning behavior of wild belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in West Greenland. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Echolocation signals of wild beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) were recorded in 2013 using a vertical, linear 16-hydrophone array at two locations in the pack ice of Baffin Bay, West Greenland.
Marie J Zahn +4 more
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Acoustic differentiation and classification of wild belugas and narwhals using echolocation clicks [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) and narwhals (Monodon monoceros) are highly social Arctic toothed whales with large vocal repertoires and similar acoustic profiles.
Marie J. Zahn +6 more
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Seasonality of social behaviour among immature belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in managed care
Polar Research, 2021 Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in managed care have been reported to show seasonal variation in socio-sexual behaviour, hormone levels and respiration rates; however, little is known about the social interactions of wild belugas when they are not in ...
Jackson R. Ham +3 more
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Adults Play but Not Like Their Young: The Frequency and Types of Play by Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Human Care [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2014 While play occurs in many taxa with younger conspecifics engaging in play behaviors more often than older conspecifics, little empirical research currently exists on play by white whales, or belugas, (Delphinapterus leucas).
Heather Hill, Domonique Ramirez
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