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Table 1 Summary of eleven Nunavut communities visited to collect Inuit traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of killer whales predation, with dates of visit, number of semi-directed interviews conducted, and region used for analyses.

From: Prey items and predation behavior of killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Nunavut, Canada based on Inuit hunter interviews

Community

Date visited

Region

No. interviews

Repulse Bay

July-August 2007

Hudson Bay

17

Igloolik

February-March 2008

Foxe Basin

16

Hall Beach

February-March 2008

Foxe Basin

7

Rankin Inlet

March 2008

Hudson Bay

10

Arviat

March 2008

Hudson Bay

5

Pangnirtung

January 2009

South Baffin Island

11

Kimmirut

February 2009

South Baffin Island

5

Arctic Bay

April 2009

North Baffin Island

11

Iqaluit

April-May 2009

South Baffin Island

7

Pond Inlet

March 2010

North Baffin Island

8

Qikiqtarjuaq

March 2010

North Baffin Island

8

Total

July 2007-March 2010

 

105