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.
Figure 1.