Beluga Whale

"Beluga Whale" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

Definition | Details | More General Concepts | Related Concepts | More Specific Concepts

The species Delphinapterus leucas, in the family Monodontidae, found primarily in the Arctic Ocean and adjoining seas. They are small WHALES lacking a dorsal fin.

Descriptor ID	D050643
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.110
Concept/Terms	Beluga Whale Beluga Whale Beluga Whales Delphinapterus leucas White Whale Whale, White Whales, White White Whales

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Beluga Whale".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Mammals [B01.050.150.900.649]
Eutheria [B01.050.150.900.649.313]
Cetacea [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875]
Whales [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865]
Beluga Whale [B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865.110]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Beluga Whale".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Beluga Whale".

publications

Timeline | Most Recent

This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Beluga Whale" by people in this website by year, and whether "Beluga Whale" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.