Causes of mortality in St. Lawrence Estuary beluga (Delphinapterus leuca) from 1983 to 2012
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Status of Beluga (delphinapterus Leucas) in the St. Lawrence River Estuary
The St. Lawrence Estuary (SLE) beluga are listed as threatened under the Species at Risk Act; a Recovery Strategy is defined, and their summer Critical Habitat has been identified. A review of the SLE beluga status (2007) concluded that the population was stable over the period 1988-2006. However, in recent years there has been an increase in reports of death of young-of-the-year, and an appare...
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تاریخ انتشار 2014