SC/52/AS24 SUBSISTENCE HARVEST OF BOWHEAD WHALE BY ALASKAN ESKIMOS DURING 1999
A total of 47 whales was struck during the 1999 hunt resulting in 42 animals landed for an efficiency rate of 89%. The 1999 hunting efficiency rate is the highest ever recorded. Whale 99B6, 12.6 m in length, is the shortest pregnant harvested animal yet examined. Based on new data from 1993 to prese...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.462.1937 2023-05-15T15:45:58+02:00 SC/52/AS24 SUBSISTENCE HARVEST OF BOWHEAD WHALE BY ALASKAN ESKIMOS DURING 1999 John C. George Robert S. Suydam T. M. O’hara Gay Sheffield The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.462.1937 http://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/B/648772492/648772492-1999.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.462.1937 http://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/B/648772492/648772492-1999.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/B/648772492/648772492-1999.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-10-16T00:03:57Z A total of 47 whales was struck during the 1999 hunt resulting in 42 animals landed for an efficiency rate of 89%. The 1999 hunting efficiency rate is the highest ever recorded. Whale 99B6, 12.6 m in length, is the shortest pregnant harvested animal yet examined. Based on new data from 1993 to present, the average length of the five smallest pregnant whales examined is 13.7 m. The 4 cm (“crown-rump ” length) fetus from whale 99B7 is the smallest bowhead fetus recovered to date (to our knowledge). Since 1980, 29 % of the mature females (for which we have records) ≥ 14.2 m were pregnant. Based on new information using ≥ 1.7 m for the length at sexual maturity, suggests 27 % of the mature females were pregnant. Text bowhead whale eskimo* Unknown |
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A total of 47 whales was struck during the 1999 hunt resulting in 42 animals landed for an efficiency rate of 89%. The 1999 hunting efficiency rate is the highest ever recorded. Whale 99B6, 12.6 m in length, is the shortest pregnant harvested animal yet examined. Based on new data from 1993 to present, the average length of the five smallest pregnant whales examined is 13.7 m. The 4 cm (“crown-rump ” length) fetus from whale 99B7 is the smallest bowhead fetus recovered to date (to our knowledge). Since 1980, 29 % of the mature females (for which we have records) ≥ 14.2 m were pregnant. Based on new information using ≥ 1.7 m for the length at sexual maturity, suggests 27 % of the mature females were pregnant. |
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SC/52/AS24 SUBSISTENCE HARVEST OF BOWHEAD WHALE BY ALASKAN ESKIMOS DURING 1999 |
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SC/52/AS24 SUBSISTENCE HARVEST OF BOWHEAD WHALE BY ALASKAN ESKIMOS DURING 1999 |
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SC/52/AS24 SUBSISTENCE HARVEST OF BOWHEAD WHALE BY ALASKAN ESKIMOS DURING 1999 |
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SC/52/AS24 SUBSISTENCE HARVEST OF BOWHEAD WHALE BY ALASKAN ESKIMOS DURING 1999 |
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SC/52/AS24 SUBSISTENCE HARVEST OF BOWHEAD WHALE BY ALASKAN ESKIMOS DURING 1999 |
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sc/52/as24 subsistence harvest of bowhead whale by alaskan eskimos during 1999 |
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