NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Cosens, Susan
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher and team will apply new tag technology and DNA analysis to a study of site tenacity and industrial disturbance of bowhead whales. They will test the feasibility of using sonic tags to track bowheads underwater and will be testing sampling methods for collecting skin from live whales for DNA analysis....

Principal Investigator: Davis, Rolph A.
Licensed Year(s): 1980
Summary: To document the number, distribution and movements of bowhead whales within the study area (please see attached map). Aerial surveys with Twin Otter and Islander aircraft will be used....

Principal Investigator: Cubbage, James
Licensed Year(s): 1980
Summary: As part of a species management programto conduct population counts of bowhead whale calves....

Principal Investigator: Richardson, W. John
Licensed Year(s): 1980
Summary: Four Basic Objectives: a) To document the normal behaviour patterns of the bowhead whale; b) Determine type and quantity of responses if any, of bowheads to boats and aircraft passing at various distances; c) Determine the type and quantity of responses if any, of bowheads to underwater playbacks of recorded industrial noises; d) Dete...

Principal Investigator: Hobbs, Larry
Licensed Year(s): 1980
Summary: To develop a capability to track and tag large cetaceans (whales). This capability will allow for tracking of these mammals in order to better understand their behaviour and to assess possible impacts of oil and gas developments on them....

Principal Investigator: Hoek, W.
Licensed Year(s): 1975
Summary: A study of the biology of bowhead whales to determine to what extent, if any, animals are stranded as a result of wounding from the Alaskan hunt....

Principal Investigator: Vogl, Wayne
Licensed Year(s): 1974
Summary: Comparative study of the circulatory systems of beluga from the Mackenzie Delta And narwhal from the Pond Inlet area....