DataSheet_1_Biologically important areas II for cetaceans in U.S. and adjacent waters - Arctic region.zip

• Main Authors: Janet T. Clarke, Megan C. Ferguson, Amelia A. Brower, Ei Fujioka, Sarah Deland
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; Arctic; cetacean; feeding; migratory; reproductive; species distribution; Amundsen Gulf; Balaena mysticetus; Balaenoptera physalus; Beaufort Sea; Beluga; Beluga*; Bering Sea; Bering Strait; Chukchi; Chukchi Sea; Delphinapterus leucas; Megaptera novaeangliae; Viscount Melville Sound; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1040123.s001; https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/DataSheet_1_Biologically_important_areas_II_for_cetaceans_in_U_S_and_adjacent_waters_-_Arctic_region_zip/22183273

We delineated and scored Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) in the Arctic region. The Arctic region extends from the Bering Strait to the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, Amundsen Gulf, and Viscount Melville Sound. This NOAA-led effort uses structured elicitation principles to build upon the first versio...