Shore-based Counts of Bowhead Whales along the Chukotka Peninsula in May and June 1999-2001

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Melnikov, V.V., Litovka, D.I., Zagrebin, L.A., Zelensky, G.M., Ainana, L.I.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2004
• Subjects: shore-based count; bowhead whale; Bering Strait; Gulf of Anadyr; dénombrement côtier; baleine boréale; détroit de Béring; golfe de l’Anadyr; Baleine; Mer de Beaufort; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Anadyr'; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; Chukchi; Chukotka; Chukotka Peninsula; Détroit de Béring; Mer de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Point Barrow; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63566

This study presents the results of shore-based counts of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) along the Chukotka Peninsula in 1999, 2000, and 2001. These counts confirmed that at least a small proportion of the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas stock migrates along the western Bering Strait in late spring...