Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters – Gulf of Alaska Region

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Lauren A. Wild, Heather E. Riley, Heidi C. Pearson, Christine M. Gabriele, Janet L. Neilson, Andy Szabo, John Moran, Janice M. Straley, Sarah DeLand
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
• Subjects: feeding area; migration; gray whale; beluga whale; humpback whale; sperm whale; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Bia; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Balaenoptera physalus; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Eubalaena japonica; Fin whale; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; North Pacific right whale; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1134085; https://doaj.org/article/72aa279726494261b7045a57ecc76c88

We delineated and scored Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) for cetacean species in the Gulf of Alaska region. BIAs represent areas and times in which cetaceans are known to concentrate for activities related to reproduction, feeding, and migration, and also the known ranges of small and resident p...