Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters – Gulf of Alaska Region

We delineated and scored Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) for cetacean species in the Gulf of Alaska region. BIAs represent areas and times in which cetaceans are known to concentrate for activities related to reproduction, feeding, and migration, and also the known ranges of small and resident p...

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Published in:Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors: Wild, Lauren A., Riley, Heather E., Pearson, Heidi C., Gabriele, Christine M., Neilson, Janet L., Szabo, Andy, Moran, John, Straley, Janice M., DeLand, Sarah
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2023
Subjects:
Ocean Engineering
Water Science and Technology
Aquatic Science
Global and Planetary Change
Oceanography
Bia
Gulf of Alaska
Pacific
Balaenoptera physalus
Beluga
Beluga whale
Beluga*
Delphinapterus leucas
Eubalaena japonica
Fin whale
Humpback Whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
North Pacific right whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Sperm whale
Alaska
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1134085
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1134085/full

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