40 record(s) found with the tag "beluga whale" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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PIONEER (Effects of underwater noise and chemical PollutIOn on heariNg abilitiEs of cEtaceans in the Arctic)
Principal Investigator: Morell Ybarz, Maria
Licensed Year(s): 2024
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5876. The aim of this study is to identify and quantify the effects of noise on hearing in cetaceans in the Arctic. Ears of harvested belugas in Hendrickson Island will be used to determine if the individuals suffered a hearing impairment, and if it is compatible with noise exposure. (1) After the head and lower jaws ha...


Harvesting primary cells from beluga whales
Principal Investigator: Desforges, Jean-Pierre
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5600. The objective of this project is: 1. To collect and cryopreserve living cells spanning the major physiological systems in beluga's at Hendrickson Island. Physiological systems will be target by harvesting cells from the following tissues: blood, liver, adrenals, thyroid, gonad, kidney, and spleen. The desired ou...


Bioassay-based investigations on Arctic beluga blubber samples
Principal Investigator: Wania, Frank
Licensed Year(s): 2023
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5471. The objectives of this research project are to: 1. Characterize the effects that chemical extracts from the traditional food samples have on a number of cellular processes. Their results can indicate the type of toxicity that those chemical extracts may cause. 2. Use the Arctic beluga as a "clean" reference in inves...


Comparative Beluga Health: Examining Eastern Beaufort Sea and Western Hudson Bay beluga whales
Principal Investigator: Loseto, Lisa
Licensed Year(s): 2022
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5119. Document Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit and Inuvialuit Knowledge related to beluga health. Through close collaboration between southern university partners and Tuktoyaktuk HTC. The end goal is to find out how hunters choose certain whales to harvest, and how they look at beluga health. All interviews will be conducted in ...


Beluga health and food borne parasites in the Inuvaluit Settlement region
Principal Investigator: Jenkins, Emily J
Licensed Year(s): 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Summary: 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. T...


Human-Beluga Relations and Subsistence Hunting in Aklavik, NT
Principal Investigator: Worden, Elizabeth G
Licensed Year(s): 2018 2017
Summary: The aim of the proposed research is to improve understanding of human-beluga whale relations over time and the implications of change for subsistence livelihoods in Aklavik. The aim will be achieved through three objectives: 1) to document and describe the role and importance of subsistence hunting in the community of Aklavik, with a specific focus on human-beluga relations; 2) to examine local ...


Local and Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) Under Changing Climatic and Non-Climatic Conditions in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region (ISR)
Principal Investigator: Pearce, Tristan D
Licensed Year(s): 2016
Summary: The objectives of this research project are to: 1. describe the beluga-Inuvialuit linked social-ecological system; 2. characterize Inuvialuit traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of beluga whale: ecology and behaviour, hunting techniques, and food preparation; 3. document current stresses affecting beluga and Inuvialuit hunters and adaptive responses; and, 4. identify opportunities for TEK ...


Beluga Lung and Ear Health
Principal Investigator: Morell Ybarz, Maria
Licensed Year(s): 2015 2014
Summary: The overall goal of our project is to study indicators of beluga health, which will lead to increased knowledge about normal function and how disease and human activities may impact belugas in the Western Arctic. There are two aspects of this project which focus on respiratory and acoustic disease respectively. Beta defensins from beluga will be characterized and their expression in response to po...


Traditional Knowledge of Beluga Whale Sustainable Hunting and Harvesting
Principal Investigator: Gordon, Leanne D.R.S
Licensed Year(s): 2015
Summary: The objective of this work is to explore the traditional knowledge of beluga whale hunting and harvesting practices of the Inuvialuit. The type of data that will be collected and analyzed includes questionnaires, and interviews with Inuvialuit Elders (Inuvik). Elders will be asked about the tools they used during the hunt and harvesting, way of transportation, exact location of whaling camps a...


Measuring Changes to Persistent Organic Pollutant Bioavailability from Preparing Marine Mammal Blubber for Human Consumption
Principal Investigator: Wania, Frank
Licensed Year(s): 2014
Summary: The objectives of this research project are: 1. to investigate the impact of common preparation methods on the concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids and environmental contaminants in beluga muktuk; 2. to determine if phase separation in beluga muktuk causes oil and solid phases to have significantly different omega-3 fatty acid and contaminant levels; and 3. to suggest possible beluga muktuk co...


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