Population Decrease of

Beluga Whales
By: Carly Zech
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
Problem
Statement
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50% in the 1990s
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321 left: 2009
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Cook Inlet
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10 years, will they still exist?
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What would happen?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Delphinapterus_leucas_2.jpg
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
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Belugas feed on many different types of squid and sh
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So what? What would happen to the food chain?
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Ear splitting sounds from oil drilling
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Runoffs from roads
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Discharges from industrial operations
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Wildres
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Too many sh
Describe the Science
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All of these
release bad
chemicals
released into the
water
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
What Belugas Eat
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Salmon
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Shrimp
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Arctic cod
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Flounder
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Crab
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Squid
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
How Significant is the Population
Decrease of Beluga Whales
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On this graph the population
has declined by 50%
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15 years=50%
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What will happen in 10-15
years?
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Will they still exist? http://ecolocalizer.com/les/2009/10/cibeluga100609.jpg
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
What are the Causes of Beluga
Whale Population Decrease?
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The dirty water
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From chemicals
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From oil industrys, roads, and
wildres
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It can make them sick
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Just like how we can become
sick from dirty substances
http://alaskasheries.noaa.gov/newsreleases/images/cibelugas10Aug2011800ftpermit14245_1.jpg
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
What are Some Effects of Having Dirty
Water?
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Whales could all die
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Food chain?
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Too many sh
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Over-population
http://www.world-builders.org/lessons/less/biomes/desert/cold-desertgif/cold-des-chain.gif
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
Is the problem becoming
better or worse?
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
What Can be Done to Help
Save the Beluga Whale
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Im going to have a
stand at the Reed
Fashion Show or Reed
Bingo Night to raise
money for beluga
whales.
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I will be selling tee-
shirts and stuffed
animals.
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All of this money will
go to the Pacic Whale
Foundation.
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I also might host a type
of run like a color run
where people throw
color bombs at you
http://thewinterdolphinchronicles.les.wordpress.com/2011/07/donation_box.jpg
http://www.tableandhome.com/prodimages/32924.jpg
http://yaleherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/color-run-.jpg
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
Also!!
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If I raise more than $1000 I will
get my name carved into this
wall saying that I helped save
the beluga whales
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The more money I raise the
better
http://www.pacicwhale.org/content/ocean-legacy-wall
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
Why Should
We Care?
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First off they are adorable
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Secondly, how would you feel
if you had to swim in
disgusting, lthy water?
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This money could help save
their population
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One person could make a huge
difference
http://rlv.zcache.com/save_the_whales_poster-re517ddba21c34f6d86a94906eab9d087_wvk_8byvr_512.jpg
http://image2.chaobuoisang.net/cs/2012/01/15/khi-co-ro-trong-gia-lanh-la-hinh-anh-an-tuong-nhat-tuan-9.jpg
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b
Aknowledgements
! "Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus Leucas) - Office of Protected Resources - NOAAFisheries." Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus Leucas) - Office of Protected Resources
- NOAA Fisheries. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2014.
! "Beluga (whale)." Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. Grolier Online, 2014. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.
! "Cook Inlet Beluga Population in Steady Decline." Wildlife Extra News -. Wildlife Extra, 2008. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.
! "Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Habitat and Prey." Cook Inlet Regional Citizens Advisory Council. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2014.
! "Environmental News: Media Center." NRDC: Press Release. Natural Resources Defense Council, n.d. Web. 14 Feb. 2014.
! "Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Beluga Whales From Alaska Oil and Gas Drilling." Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Beluga Whales From Alaska Oil and
Gas Drilling. N.p., n.d. Web. 04 Feb. 2014.
! "Study Examines Possible Hydrocarbon Contamination in Cook Inlet Belugas."Alaska Dispatch. N.p., 2014. Web. 07 Feb. 2014.
! "Transgenic Salmon Hybridize with Trout, Produce Sterile Offspring." Genetic Literacy Project. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014
! WorldWildlife.org. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 26 Mar. 2014.
Zech, Caroline Monday, April 7, 2014 10:21:47 AM Pacic Daylight Time 70:56:81:a9:71:6b