Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis explored the contribution of mixed methods approaches to marine mammal science through the use of concurrent and sequential designs to study distribution and feeding ecology of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Arctic region of Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. The study combines Inuit knowledge (IK), collected through semi-directed interviews with Inuit harvesters, and… more Full Text: MIXED METHODS APPROACHES IN MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE: A CASE STUDY OF THE BOWHEAD WHALE DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS AND FEEDING ECOLOGY IN THE EASTERN CANADIAN ARCTIC (NUNAVIK) A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …