Bowhead whales overwinter in the Amundsen Gulf and Eastern Beaufort Sea ...

• Main Authors: Insley, Stephen, Halliday, William, Mouy, Xavier, Diogou, Niki
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2020
• Subjects: FOS: Biological sciences; Balaena mysticetus; Sea ice; bowhead whale; Arctic; Canada; Cape Bathurst; Ulukhaktok; Amundsen Gulf; baleen whale; Beaufort Sea; Climate change
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rn8pk0p7n; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.rn8pk0p7n

The bowhead whale is the only baleen whale endemic to the Arctic and is well adapted to this environment. Bowheads live near the polar ice edge for much of the year and although sea ice dynamics are not the only driver of their annual migratory movements, it likely plays a key role. Given the intrin...