Traduit pour la revue Arctic par Nésida Loyer.

we made the first documented winter sighting of beluga whales in Yakutat-Disenchantment Bay, Alaska. We estimated that 10 individuals were swimming in ice-free, turbid water near the Hubbard Glacier. The sporadic record of belugas in the bay suggests they may be occasional visitors from the Cook Inl...

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Main Authors: In Yakutat-disenchantment Bay, Joel D. Hubbard, Donald J. Hansen, Barbara A. Mahoney
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1997
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.547.1448
http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic52-4-411.pdf
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Summary:we made the first documented winter sighting of beluga whales in Yakutat-Disenchantment Bay, Alaska. We estimated that 10 individuals were swimming in ice-free, turbid water near the Hubbard Glacier. The sporadic record of belugas in the bay suggests they may be occasional visitors from the Cook Inlet population.