Frequency of Killer Whale (Orcinus Orca) Attacks and Ship Collisions Based on Scarring on Bowhead Whales (Balaena Mysticetus) of the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas Stock

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: George, John Craighead, Philo, L. Michael, Hazard, Katherine, Withrow, David, Carroll, Geoffry M., Suydam, Robert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1994
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal mortality; Animal population; Bowhead whales; Environmental impacts; Inuit; Killer whales; Marine transportation; Predation; Ship propellers; Whaling; Beaufort Sea; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Baleine; Détroit de Davis; la Baleine; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; baleen whales; baleine boréale; bowhead whale; Chukchi; Davis Strait; eskimo*; esquimaux; inuit; Killer Whale; Orca; Orcinus orca; Tchouktche*; épaulard; Killer whale
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64350

Bowhead whales of the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas stock harvested by Alaskan Eskimos were examined for scars from killer whale and ship-collision injuries. We estimated that the frequency of scars from killer whale attacks ranged from 4.1% to 7.9% (depending on our confidence that the whale was pro...