NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: De Guise, Sylvain
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: Dr. De Guise and his assistant, with the co-operation of the Hunters and Trappers Association, will accompany the beluga hunt. Samples of organs will be collected and saved in formalin for further examination at the Unviversity of Montreal....

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: Conover, S.A.M.
Licensed Year(s): 1979
Summary: (1) Aerial surveys on murre and beluga whale movement - eastern Hudson Strait and southeast Davis Strait. (2) Bird and mammal observations to determine species and abundance - to be conducted on the ESSO Sedco 709 rig and the Aquitaine rig located in southeast Davis Strait. (3) Technical assistance will be offered to a local group of people in Frobisher Bay undertaking a seal and walrus s...

Principal Investigator: Silverman, Helen
Licensed Year(s): 1978
Summary: Narwhal study involving behavioural patterns, recoding such things as age, sex, migratory patterns and respiratory patterns. Stomach contents of those narwhals killed by Inuit guides will be collected for future laboratory analysis....

Principal Investigator: Vogl, Wayne
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: Continuation of research on the circulatory system of the narwhal....

Principal Investigator: Cetrone, Gene
Licensed Year(s): 1977
Summary: To film a documentary and conduct observations and research on the migration of narwhals....

Principal Investigator: Webb, R.
Licensed Year(s): 1976
Summary: Aerial survey of narwhal and other sea mammals....