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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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River-influenced beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) summer habitat use in western Hudson Bay, Canada
Arctic Science, 2023 River estuaries along western Hudson Bay, Canada, are important summer habitats for beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucus (Pallas, 1776)) and subject to increasing industrial development activities including vessel traffic. The feasibility of establishing
Emma L. Ausen +6 more
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Polar bear attack on a juvenile narwhal
Fauna Norvegica, 1990 A juvenile female narwhal Monodon monoceros landed at Pond Inlet had several sets of scratches on the posterior part of the body. They were probably made by a polar bear Ursus maritimus in the course of an unsuccessful attack.
Michael C.S. Kingsley
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Population dynamics of the threatened Cumberland Sound beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) population
Arctic Science, 2021 Current scientific evidence indicates that the threatened Cumberland Sound beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)) population is genetically differentiated and spatially segregated from other beluga whale populations. This population has been
Cortney A. Watt +4 more
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Arctic Science, 2020 Subsistence is the basis for food access for Inuvialuit in the western Canadian Arctic and has strong economic, dietary, and cultural importance. Inuvialuit harvest beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)) from the eastern Beaufort beluga ...
Elizabeth Worden +5 more
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Description of respiratory rhythm for white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in captivity
Известия ТИНРО, 2016 Parameters of external respiration are considered for white whales Delphinapterus leucas living in captivity on the observations in 2009-2012. Low respiration rate (on average 2.2 ± 0.3 breath per minute) and short apnea phase (no more than 1.7 minutes ...
Pavel S. Gushcherov
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First abundance estimate for white whales Delphinapterus leucas in Svalbard, Norway
Endangered Species Research, 2020 The Svalbard Archipelago (Norway) is experiencing rapid declines in the seasonal duration and extent of sea-ice cover, and local tidewater glaciers are melting.
Vacquié-Garcia, J +4 more
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Tumors in St. Lawrence Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) [PDF]
Veterinary Pathology, 1994 A population of 450–500 belugas ( Delphinapterus leucas) resides in the polluted estuary of the St. Lawrence River. Stranded carcasses of this endangered population were recovered and necropsied. High concentrations of organochlorines, heavy metals, and benzo-a-pyrene exposure were demonstrated in tissues of these whales.
S, De Guise, A, Lagacé, P, Béland
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NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2002 Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) caught by hunters from various hamlets in the Arctic differed in the concentrations of organochlorine contaminants in their blubber.
Stuart Innes +4 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 We sampled the respiratory mucus from voluntary blowhole exhalations (“blow”) of three healthy beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) under professional human care. Blow samples were collected from three resident belugas, one adult male (M1) and two adult
Susan A. Smith +7 more
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