Bowhead and Gray Whale Distributions, Sighting Rates, and Habitat Associations in the Eastern Chukchi Sea, Summer and Fall 2009–15, with a Retrospective Comparison to 1982–91

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Clarke, Janet T., Kennedy, Amy S., Ferguson, Megan C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2016
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Point Hope; Arctic; Barrow; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Chukchi; Point Barrow; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4597; http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4597/4803

We analyzed data from line-transect aerial surveys for marine mammals conducted in the eastern Chukchi Sea (67˚–72˚ N, 157˚–169˚ W) in July to October of 2009–15 to investigate bowhead and gray whale distributions, behaviors, sighting rates, and habitat selection preferences, the last of which allow...