Summer and Autumn Movements of Belugas of the Eastern Beaufort Sea Stock

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Richard, P.R., Martin, A.R., Orr, J.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: beluga; Delphinapterus leucas; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; satellite-linked tracking; autumn migration; survey biases; béluga; mer de Beaufort; mer des Tchouktches; suivis télémétriques par satellite; migration automnale; biais d’inventaire; Arctic; Bering Strait; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Fleuve Mackenzie; Le Plateau; M'Clure Strait; Mackenzie Delta; Melville Sound; Mer de Beaufort; Viscount Melville Sound; Amundsen Gulf; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*; banquise; Beluga; Beluga*; Béluga*; Chukchi; Détroit de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Tchouktche*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63840

Beluga whales of the eastern Beaufort Sea stock were tagged with satellite-linked time-depth recorders and tracked during summer and autumn in 1993, 1995, and 1997. Whales occupied the Mackenzie estuary intermittently and for only a few days at a time. They spent much of their time offshore, near or...