THE STATUS OF RESERVES AND DISTRIBUTION OF PACIFIC WALRUSES (O Sostoyanii Zapasov i Raspredelenii Tikhookeanskogo Morzha)

In 1960, the number of walruses was appraised, using areial photographs. Approximately 50,000 animals were observed. The majority of them spend summer and autumn in the Wrangel and Herald Islands areas. Aerial observations established the coastal resting grounds that are preferred by males and by mi...

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Main Author: Fedoseev, G. A.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE NSTL STATION MS
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1969
Subjects:
Ecology
(*MAMMALS
POPULATION)
DISTRIBUTION
MALES
FEMALES
AGING(PHYSIOLOGY)
PACIFIC OCEAN
ALASKA
ARCTIC REGIONS
SIBERIA
USSR
CHUKCHI SEA
AQUATIC ANIMALS
HABITABILITY
TRANSLATIONS
WALRUSES
Arctic
Chukchi Sea
East Siberian Sea
Pacific
Chukchi
Chukchi Peninsula
Alaska
Siberia
walrus*
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0689241
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Summary:In 1960, the number of walruses was appraised, using areial photographs. Approximately 50,000 animals were observed. The majority of them spend summer and autumn in the Wrangel and Herald Islands areas. Aerial observations established the coastal resting grounds that are preferred by males and by mixed groups of females with young. It was found that the shores of Chukchi Peninsula and Alaska are usually inhabited by males in summer and autumn. The eastern part of the East Siberian Sea and the western part of the Chukchi Sea are usually inhabited by females with immature walruses of both sexes. (Author) Trans. of Zoologicheskii Zhurnal (USSR) v41 n7 p1083-1089 1962, by M. Slessers.

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