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The respiratory microbiota of three cohabiting beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) under human care

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, Susan A. Smith, Destiny V. Ropati, Destiny V. Ropati, Luciana F. Santoferrara, Tracy A. Romano, Tracy A. Romano, George B. McManus   +7 more
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How large should whales be? [PDF]

, 2013
The evolution and distribution of species body sizes for terrestrial mammals is well-explained by a macroevolutionary tradeoff between short-term selective advantages and long-term extinction risks from increased species body size, unfolding above the 2g
A Clauset, A Clauset, A Clauset, Aaron Clauset, AD Davidson, AP Martin, B Van Valkenburgh, BE Stewart, BK Ahlborn, BK Ahlborn, BK McNab, CA Long, CR Allen, D Nagorsen, DM Raup, DW McShea, EP White, FA Smith, FA Smith, G Hunt, GB West, GP Wilson, J Alroy, J Alroy, J Alroy, J Koz lowski, J Potvin, JA Goldbogen, JF Downhower, JH Brown, K Van Waerebeek, KP Sebens, LH Liow, M Lomolino, MW Newcomer, OP Pearson, P Borsa, PJ Clapham, PJ Stacey, PJ Stacey, RC Best, Renaud Lambiotte, RR Reeves, SM Stanley, SM Stanley, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TA Jefferson, TW Cranford, WF Perrin, WF Perrin, WF Perrin, ZX Luo   +56 more
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Mapping Arctic cetaceans from space: A case study for beluga and narwhal

PLoS ONE, 2021
Emergence of new technologies in remote sensing give scientists a new way to detect and monitor wildlife populations. In this study we assess the ability to detect and classify two emblematic Arctic cetaceans, the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) and beluga ...
Bertrand Charry, Emily Tissier, John Iacozza, Marianne Marcoux, Cortney A. Watt   +4 more
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Catch statistics for belugas in West Greenland 1862 to 1999

NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2002
Information and statistics including trade statistics on catches of white whales or belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in West Greenland since 1862 are presented.
MP Heide-Jørgensen, A Rosing-Asvid
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Delphinapterus leucas

, 1982
Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc.
Honacki, James H., Kinman, Kenneth E., Koeppl, James W.   +2 more
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Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) vocalizations and call classification from the eastern Beaufort Sea population [PDF]

, 2015
Funding was provided by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management under InterAgency Agreement M09PG00016. E.C.G. was supported by a National Research Council (National Academy of Sciences) Postdoctoral Fellowship.Beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, have a ...
Berchok, Catherine, Castellote, Manuel, Garland, Ellen Clare   +2 more
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Population size and yield of Baffin Bay beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) stocks

NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2002
A surplus production model within a Sampling, Importance Resampling (SIR) Bayesian analysis was used to estimate stock sizes and yields of Baffin Bay belugas.
Stuart Innes, Robert EA Stewart
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Delphinapterus leucas

, 2005
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776) [Delphinus] leucas Pallas 1776, Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs, Vol. 3, 1: 85 [footnote]. Type Locality: NE Siberia, "die im Obischen Meerbusen" (= mouth of Ob River). Vernacular Names: Beluga. Synonyms: Delphinapterus albicans (Lacépède 1804); Delphinapterus beluga Lacépède 1804; Delphinapterus catodon (Gray 1846 ...
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Measuring hearing in wild beluga whales [PDF]

, 2016
Author Posting. © The Author(s), 2016. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Springer for personal use, not for redistribution.
AF Pacini, C Gervaise, D Titley, JJ Finneran, M Castellote, M Wang, MLH Cook, National Academy of Sciences, NMFS, PE Nachtigall, PE Nachtigall, PE Nachtigall, PE Nachtigall, RC Ferrero, SE Moore, SE Moore, TA Mooney, TA Mooney   +17 more
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Resource assessment and projections for the belugas off West Greenland using the population model of HITTER-FITTER

NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2002
The population model of the HITTER-FITTER package is applied to compute trajectories for single and two stock scenarios for the beluga population wintering off West Greenland.
Doug S Butterworth, Éva E Plagányi, Helena F Geromont   +2 more
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