Beluga whales in the western Beaufort Sea : current state of knowledge on timing, distribution, habitat use and environmental drivers

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Stafford, Kathleen M., Ferguson, Megan C., Hauser, Donna D. W., Okkonen, Stephen R., Berchok, Catherine L., Citta, John J., Clarke, Janet T., Garland, Ellen C., Jones, Joshua, Suydam, Robert S.
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews.School of Biology, University of St Andrews.Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews.Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution, University of St Andrews.Centre for Biological Diversity
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Beluga whale; Delphinapterus leucas; Alaska; Beaufort Sea; Aerial surveys; Satellite telemetry; Passive acoustic monitoring; QH301 Biology; GC Oceanography; NDAS; QH301; GC; Arctic; Barrow Canyon; Beaufort Slope; Barrow; Beluga; Beluga*; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10023/13680; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.11.017

ECG was supported by a National Research Council-National Academy of Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship. The seasonal and geographic patterns in the distribution, residency, and density of two populations (Chukchi and Beaufort) of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) were examined using data from aer...