Traditional Knowledge of the Ecology of Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Eastern Chukchi and Northern Bering Seas, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Huntington, Henry P., Koyuk, Point Lay and Shaktoolik, The Communities of Buckland, Elim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1999
• Subjects: beluga whale; white whale; Delphinapterus leucas; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; ecology; traditional ecological knowledge; TEK; bélouga; baleine blanche; mer de Béring; mer des Tchouktches; écologie; savoir écologique traditionnel; SET; Baleine; Blanche; Arctic; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Chukchi; Mer de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Tchouktche*; White whale; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63965

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has been used opportunistically in biological studies of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Alaska, but no previous research has documented this knowledge systematically. This first such effort, which took place in Norton Bay, Buckland, and Point Lay, Ala...