Principal Investigator:Jenkins, Emily J Licensed Year(s):
2020
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This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4667.
The objectives of this project are: 1) to assess the health of the 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.
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Principal Investigator:Romano, Tracy Licensed Year(s):
1993
Summary:
This research will examine the nervous (i.e., brain) and immune systems of beluga by collecting these tissues from harvested animals for laboratory analyses. This study will help to determine how contaminants affect the health of belugas. In addition, the data collected may lead to a better understanding of why whales strand themselves on the shoreline as it has been suggested that beached whale...