DataSheet_1_Biologically Important Areas II for cetaceans within U.S. and adjacent waters – Gulf of Alaska Region.pdf

• Main Authors: Lauren A. Wild, Heather E. Riley, Heidi C. Pearson, Christine M. Gabriele, Janet L. Neilson, Andy Szabo, John Moran, Janice M. Straley, Sarah DeLand
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; feeding area; migration; gray whale; beluga whale; humpback whale; sperm whale; fin whale; North Pacific right whale; Bia; Gulf of Alaska; Pacific; Balaenoptera physalus; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Eubalaena japonica; Fin whale; Humpback Whale; Megaptera novaeangliae; Physeter macrocephalus; Sperm whale; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1134085.s001; https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/DataSheet_1_Biologically_Important_Areas_II_for_cetaceans_within_U_S_and_adjacent_waters_Gulf_of_Alaska_Region_pdf/22769549

We delineated and scored Biologically Important Areas (BIAs) for cetacean species in the Gulf of Alaska region. BIAs represent areas and times in which cetaceans are known to concentrate for activities related to reproduction, feeding, and migration, and also the known ranges of small and resident p...