The Winter-Spring Distribution of the White Whale in the White Sea (Zimne-Vesennee Raspredelenie Belukhi v Belom More)

The author summarizes data in the literature on white whale (beluga) distribution in the White Sea and reports his own observations made in 1957 and 1958. It is concluded that white whales winter in the central basin of the White Sea and in the northern Onezhskiy and Dvinskiy Bays. The wintering are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khuzin,R. Sh.
Other Authors: NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1974
Subjects:
Biological Oceanography
*Whales
*White Sea
Distribution
Winter
Sea ice
Bays
Migration
Seasonal variations
Translations
USSR
Delphinapterus levcas
Ice breakup
Central Basin
White Sea
Beluga
Beluga*
White whale
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Summary:The author summarizes data in the literature on white whale (beluga) distribution in the White Sea and reports his own observations made in 1957 and 1958. It is concluded that white whales winter in the central basin of the White Sea and in the northern Onezhskiy and Dvinskiy Bays. The wintering areas are restricted by the ice cover and white whales do not enter the White Sea from the outside until after the ice breakup in May. (Author) Trans. of Polyarnyi Nauchno-Issledovatelskii Institut Morskogo Rybnogo Khozyaistvi i Okeanograffi. Trudy (USSR) n12 p154-156 1960, by V. Astvazaturov.

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