ESTIMATED ABUNDANCE OF BELUGAS IN COOK INLET, ALASKA, FROM AERIAL SURVEYS CONDUCTED IN JUNE 2012

• Main Authors: Roderick C. Hobbs, Christy L. Sims, Kim E. W. Shelden
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: McArthur; McArthur River; West Foreland; Beluga; Beluga*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.297.7509; http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/beluga/abundance/2012estimates.pdf

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) conducted aerial surveys of the beluga population in Cook Inlet, Alaska, from 29 May to 7 June 2012 as a continuation of surveys conducted since 1993. Six of the days in 2012 resulted in complete surveys of the beluga habitat in the upper inlet (north of...