Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: biology, wildlife, oceanography, habitat, population dynamics, marine mammals, whale, species distribution, bowhead whales, whale movements
Principal Investigator: | Finley, Kerry J. (2) |
Licence Number: | 12352 |
Organization: | KJ Finley Ecological Research |
Licensed Year(s): |
1994
1993
1992
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Issued: | Jan 01, 1993 |
Project Team: | J. Goodyear, D. Fissel plus several students from Clyde River |
Objective(s): To determine numbers, distribution and local movements of bowheads that utilize Isabella Bay in early autumn; to provide detailed data on the activity budgets and surface-dive parameters of bowheads and to correlate this with patterns of habitat use; to document the feeding patterns of bowheads and relate this to oceanographic phenomena and the population dynamics and densities of copepods; to study the movements of bowheads in Baffin Bay in general.
Project Description: Since 1983, Word Wildlife Fund has supported research on the bowhead of Isabella Bay. This research, representing the first ever conducted on this species, has identified Isabella Bay to be one of the most important habitats for bowhead in the eastern arctic. The whales use the area to feed, socialize and shelter them from killer whales. The researcher will continue his study of bowhead behaviour in the region of Isabella Bay.