Distribution and migrations of cetaceans in the Russian Arctic according to observations from aerial ice reconnaissance

• Published in: NAMMCO Scientific Publications
• Main Authors: Stanislav E Belikov, Andrei N Boltunov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 2002
• Subjects: belugas; Delphinapterus leucas; distribution; migration; sea-ice; baleen whales; narwhal; Monodon monoceros; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Barents Sea; Bering Sea; Laptev Sea; Chukchi Sea; East Siberian Sea; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Anadyr'; Balaena mysticetus; Beluga; Beluga*; bowhead whale; Chukchi; Chukotka; Chukotka Peninsula; laptev; narwhal*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7557/3.2838; https://doaj.org/article/3656ede03aa24a8abfd53e39b684b4ea

This paper is based on 748 observations of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) and 382 observations of baleen whales in the Russian Arctic, the majority of the data provided by aerial reconnaissance of sea ice (ARSI). Although the data are not suitable for the estimation of the number and density of the...