Travel time and speed of gray whales and amphipod abundance along Chukotka Peninsula in 2006

• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Laidre, Kristin L, Litovka, D, Villum Jensen, M, Grebmeier, Jacqueline M, Sirenko, Boris I
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2012
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Bering Strait; Chukotka; Chukotka Peninsula; International Polar Year; Polar Biology
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.811069; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.811069

The purpose of this study was to evaluate summer and fall residency and habitat selection by gray whales, Eschrichtius robustus, together with the biomass of benthic amphipod prey on the coastal feeding grounds along the Chukotka Peninsula. Thirteen gray whales were instrumented with satellite trans...