Body condition indicators: Assessing the influence of harvest location and potential thresholds for application in beluga monitoring
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.012
Abstract: Abstract Monitoring marine protected areas requires simplifying complex marine ecosystems into a suite of indicators. The Tarium Niryutait Marine Protected Area (TN MPA), the first MPA in the Canadian Arctic is located in the Inuvialuit… read more here.
Keywords: condition; location; body condition; mpa ... See more keywords
Skull ecomorphological variation of narwhals (Monodon monoceros, Linnaeus 1758) and belugas (Delphinapterus leucas, Pallas 1776) reveals phenotype of their hybrids
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0273122
Abstract: 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. Their geographical ranges overlap during winter migrations in the… read more here.
Keywords: cranium; known hybrid; skull; variation ... See more keywords