Anthropogenic Scarring in Long-term Photo-identification Records of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales, Delphinapterus leucas

McGuire, Tamara L.; Stephens, Amber D.; McClung, John R.; Garner, Christopher; Burek-Huntington, Kathleen A.; Goertz, Caroline E. C.; Shelden, Kim E. W.; O’Corry-Crowe, Greg; Boor, Gina K. Himes; Wright, Bruce

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Anthropogenic Scarring in Long-term Photo-identification Records of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales, Delphinapterus leucas

2020
By McGuire, Tamara L. ; Stephens, Amber D. ; McClung, John R. ; ...

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Journal Title:

Marine Fisheries Review
Personal Author:

McGuire, Tamara L. ; Stephens, Amber D. ; McClung, John R. ; Garner, Christopher ; Burek-Huntington, Kathleen A. ; Goertz, Caroline E. C. ; Shelden, Kim E. W. ; O’Corry-Crowe, Greg ; Boor, Gina K. Himes ; Wright, Bruce
NOAA Program & Office:

NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
Description:

Vessel strikes, entanglement, poaching, intentional harassment, and invasive research are among many possible threats to Alaska’s endangered Cook

Inlet beluga whales (CIBW), Delphinapterus leucas, according to the Recovery Plan (NMFS1) for this population. Geographically and genetically

isolated from other beluga populations around Alaska, the CIBW population is listed as an “endangered” Distinct Population Segment (DPS) by NOAA’s

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Federal agency responsible for its protection.
Keywords:

White whale
Source:

Marine Fisheries Review, 82(3-4)
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7755/MFR.82.3-4.3
Document Type:

Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Cook Inlet (Alaska)
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