Figures
Figure 1. Study area delineating the three beluga whale populations and 16 Nunavut, Canada communities where hunt sampling took place.
Figure 2. Comparing female beluga whale age (top) and (length) distributions between Baffin Bay (red) and Hudson Bay (blue) populations.
Figure 3. Linear relationship between female fitness and age comparing Baffin Bay (red; fitness = 0.0441 ± 0.0272(age) – 7.72 ± 9.99; r2 = 0.078, p = 0.115) and Hudson Bay (blue; fitness = 0.0339 ± 0.0154(age) – 1.898 ± 5.233; r2 = 0.043, p = 0.030) beluga whale populations.
Figure 4. Linear relationship between female fitness and body length comparing Baffin Bay (red; fitness = 0.5029 ± 0.0496(length) – 3.749 ± 1.326; r2 = 0.766, p < 0.001) and Hudson Bay (blue; fitness = 0.3311 ± 0.0367(length) – 0.1331 ± 1.135; r2 = 0.439, p < 0.001) beluga whale populations.
Supplementary Figure. Non-linear relationship between female fitness and body length comparing Baffin Bay (red) and Hudson Bay (blue) beluga whale populations.
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