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Advances in research on the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas / edited by T.G. Smith, D.J. St. Aubin and J.R. Geraci. : Fs94-224E-PDF

Collection of 14 articles representing a cross-section of current research on beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, in North American waters.

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  • Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans, issuing body
TitreAdvances in research on the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas / edited by T.G. Smith, D.J. St. Aubin and J.R. Geraci.
Titre de la série
  • Canadian bulletin of fisheries and aquatic sciences ; 224
Type de publicationMonographie - Voir l'enregistrement principal
Langue[Anglais]
FormatTexte numérique
Document électronique
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Department of Fisheries and Oceans].
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-206).
  • 1) 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.
  • Abstracts in English and French.
Information sur la publication
  • Ottawa : Department of Fisheries and Oceans, 1990.
  • ©1990
Auteur / Contributeur
  • Smith, T. G. (Thomas G.)editor.
Description1 online resource (vi, 206 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Numéro de catalogue
  • Fs94-224E-PDF
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