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24500|aAdvances in research on the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas / |cedited by T.G. Smith, D.J. St. Aubin and J.R. Geraci.
264 1|aOttawa : |bDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans, |c1990.
264 4|c©1990
300 |a1 online resource (vi, 206 pages) : |billustrations, maps.
336 |atext|btxt|2rdacontent
337 |acomputer|bc|2rdamedia
338 |aonline resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
4901 |aCanadian bulletin of fisheries and aquatic sciences ; |v224
500 |aDigitized edition from print [produced by Department of Fisheries and Oceans].
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 204-206).
5050 |a1) Research on beluga whales: introduction and overview; 2) Evolution and systematics of the beluga whale and other odontocetes: a molecular approach; 3) The distribution and abundance of belugas in eastern Canadian subarctic waters: a review and update; 4) Distribution, abundance, and movements of beluga whales in coastal waters of western Alaska; 5) Age-length and length-weight comparisons in the beluga; 6) Philopatry and site tenacity of belugas hunted by the Inuit at the Nastapoka estuary, eastern Hudson Bay; 7) Cutaneous response to implants, tags, and marks in beluga whales and bottlenose dolphins, Tursops truncatus; 8) Reactions of belugas and narwhals, Monodon monoceros, to ice-breaking ships in the Canadian high Arctic; 9) Echolocation abilities of the beluga: a review and comparison with the bottlenose dolphin; 10) Integumentary heat loss and blubber distribution in the beluga with comparisons to the narwhal; 11) Dynamics of tooth growth in beluga whales and effectiveness of tetracycline as a marker for age determination; 12) Adrenal responsiveness to stimulation by adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) in captive beluga whales; 13) Assessment of immunological function in captive beluga whales: humoral response to sheep red blood cell antigens; 14) Organochlorine contaminants in belugas from Canadian waters; 15) Heavy metals and selenium in tissues of beluga whales from the Canadian Arctic and the St. Lawrence estuary.
520 |aCollection of 14 articles representing a cross-section of current research on beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, in North American waters.
546 |aAbstracts in English and French.
650 0|aWhite whale|xResearch.
650 6|aBéluga|xRecherche.
7001 |aSmith, T. G. |q(Thomas G.)|eeditor.
7101 |aCanada. |bDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans, |eissuing body
830#0|aCanadian bulletin of fisheries and aquatic sciences ;|vbulletin 224. |w(CaOODSP)9.951654
85640|qPDF|s3562 KB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2025/mpo-dfo/Fs94-224-eng.pdf