Principal Investigator:Jenkins, Emily J Licensed Year(s):20202019
2018
201720162015 Summary:
The objectives of this project are: 1) to assess the health of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR) beluga population (body condition, abnormalities, parasites); 2) to test for food borne parasites in beluga in the ISR (Toxoplasma, Trichinella); and, 3) to compare results to other marine mammal populations in the Arctic and beluga elsewhere
The research team weigh, measure, and systematically...