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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ftdtic:AD0768180 2023-05-15T14:55:10+02:00 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) Kleinenberg,S. E. Belkovich,V. M. Yablokov,A. V. NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C 1973 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0768180 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0768180 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0768180 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Biological Oceanography *CETACEA ARCTIC REGIONS DISTRIBUTION FOOD COASTAL REGIONS SEA ICE USSR TRANSLATIONS ANIMAL MIGRATIONS DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS Text 1973 ftdtic 2016-02-21T18:19:42Z 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. Text Arctic Beluga Beluga* Chukchi Delphinapterus leucas Kara-Laptev laptev Sea ice White whale Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic |
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Biological Oceanography *CETACEA ARCTIC REGIONS DISTRIBUTION FOOD COASTAL REGIONS SEA ICE USSR TRANSLATIONS ANIMAL MIGRATIONS DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS Kleinenberg,S. E. Belkovich,V. M. Yablokov,A. V. 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) |
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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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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Arctic Beluga Beluga* Chukchi Delphinapterus leucas Kara-Laptev laptev Sea ice White whale |
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