Data from a Study of the White Whale Distribution in the Northern Seas of the USSR (Materialy k Izucheniyu Raspredeleniya Belukhi v Severnykh Moryakh SSSR)

The report presents a condensed bibliographical review of the distribution, migration, and habits of white whales (beluga) in the Arctic seas of the USSR. Data from the literature are amplified and verified by questionnaires, interrogations, and the authors' own observations. Reports and observ...

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Main Authors: Kleinenberg,S. E., Belkovich,V. M., Yablokov,A. V.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1973
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
*CETACEA
ARCTIC REGIONS
DISTRIBUTION
FOOD
COASTAL REGIONS
SEA ICE
USSR
TRANSLATIONS
ANIMAL MIGRATIONS
DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS
Arctic
Beluga
Beluga*
Chukchi
Delphinapterus leucas
Kara-Laptev
laptev
Sea ice
White whale
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Summary:The report presents a condensed bibliographical review of the distribution, migration, and habits of white whales (beluga) in the Arctic seas of the USSR. Data from the literature are amplified and verified by questionnaires, interrogations, and the authors' own observations. Reports and observations of white whale sightings are presented seasonally for each sea (White, Barents, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi). The seasonal movements of whitel whales are summarized and analyzed. It is concluded that belugas are circumpolar in distribution; they frequent both coastal waters and the open sea influenced by ice conditions and food supply, and they winter both in open water and in leads (polynyas) among the ice. Trans. of Polyarnyi Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut Morskogo Rybnogo Khozyaistva i Okeanofrafii. Trudy (USSR) v12 p127-145 1960, by V. Astvazaturov.

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