Bowhead Whale Feeding Ecology Study (BOWFEST): Aerial Survey in Chukchi and Beaufort Seas conducted from 2007-08-23 to 2011-09-16 (NCEI Accession 0131425)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2015
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0131425; 131425; ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - RELATIVE POSITION; BIOLOGICAL DATA; ICE; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MARINE MAMMALS; species abundance; VISIBILITY; WEATHER; WIND FORCE; GPS; inclinometer; visual observation; biological; survey; AIRCRAFT; US DOC; NOAA; NMFS; Alaska Fisheries Science Center; National Marine Mammal Laboratory; Arctic Ocean; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; oceanography; Arctic; Fairbanks; bowhead whale; Bowhead Whale Feeding Ecology Study (BOWFEST); Chukchi; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{3B2BAF15-35F4-451A-A786-611298A63E3E}

The Bowhead Whale Feeding Ecology Study (BOWFEST) was initiated in May 2007 through an Interagency Agreement between the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) (formerly Minerals Management Service (MMS)) and the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML). This was a multi-disciplinary study involvi...