Shore-Based Counts of Bowhead Whales along the Chukotka Peninsula

• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Anadyr; Anadyr’; Bering Strait; Mer de Beaufort; Anadyr'; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale; Chukchi; Chukotka; Chukotka Peninsula; Détroit de Béring; Mer de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Point Barrow; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.577.8315; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic57-3-290.pdf

ABSTRACT. This study presents the results of shore-based counts of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) along the Chukotka Peninsula in 1999, 2000, and 2001. These counts confirmed that at least a small proportion of the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas stock migrates along the western Bering Strait in l...