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A Timeline of the Humpback Whale of the St-Lawrence
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Title (Dublin Core)
A Timeline of the Humpback Whale of the St-Lawrence
Description (Dublin Core)
Also available in french/ Aussi disponible en francais. A definitive timeline of sightings of the humpback whale which frequented populated areas of the Saint Lawrence River (including Montreal and Quebec City) between May 24 and June 9, when its carcass was discovered. It was written by the Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM) which looks to follow and preserve the marine mammals of the St-Lawrence ecosystem in their online magazine Whales Online/Baleines en Direct.
The rare siting of so large a whale so far upstream brought joy to those who witnessed it and contributed to the overall feeling that nature is flourishing as traffic decreases due to the pandemic. However, the whale's necropsy showed it likely died after being struck by one of the large vessels which ply the St-Lawrence regularly.
The rare siting of so large a whale so far upstream brought joy to those who witnessed it and contributed to the overall feeling that nature is flourishing as traffic decreases due to the pandemic. However, the whale's necropsy showed it likely died after being struck by one of the large vessels which ply the St-Lawrence regularly.
nature, animals, environment
Date (Dublin Core)
May 24, 2020
Creator (Dublin Core)
Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM)
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Hope Gresser
Type (Dublin Core)
online magazine article
Link (Bibliographic Ontology)
Source (Dublin Core)
Whales Online
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals (GREMM
Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Environment & Landscape
English
Animals
English
News coverage
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
nature
whales
environment
St. Lawrence River
marine
Collection (Dublin Core)
Environment
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
06/15/2020
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
06/20/2020
10/03/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
05/24/2020
This item was submitted on June 15, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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