Movements and Inferred Foraging by Bowhead Whales in the Canadian Beaufort Sea during August and September, 2006–12

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Harwood, Lois A., Quakenbush, Lori T., Small, Robert J., George, J. Craig, Pokiak, James, Pokiak, Charles, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Lea, Ellen V., Brower, Harry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Arctic Archipelago; Beaufort Sea; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Chukchi; Darnley Bay; Viscount Melville Sound; Zooplankton
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic4648; http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/4648/4845

Each spring, most bowhead whales of the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort (BCB) population migrate to the southeast Beaufort Sea and summer in Canadian waters. In August and September, they form aggregations, which are known to occur mainly in the shallow, shelf waters when oceanographic conditions promote co...