Assessing abundance of beluga whales in Bristol Bay using genetic mark-recapture methods, 2002-2011

• Main Authors: John Citta, Lori Quakenbush
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace 2015
• Subjects: Population Dynamics; North Pacific Research Board; Delphinapterus leucas; Bristol Bay; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > ALASKA; Delphinapterus; white whales, belugas; white whale, Beluga, béluga; 2002 - 2011; Bering Sea; Pacific; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga Whale Committee; Beluga*; Béluga*; White whale; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k457_2020_6_12_21314

This project estimated the abundance of beluga whales within the Bristol Bay stock using genetic mark-recapture methods and combined genetic data with aerial survey data to develop an unbiased correction factor for use in future aerial surveys. The project was started in 2004 by the Alaska Beluga Wh...