Fall and Winter Movements of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Chukchi Sea and Within a Potential Petroleum Development Area

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Quakenbush, Lori T., Citta, John J., George, John C., Small, Robert J., Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: bowhead whale; Balaena mysticetus; satellite telemetry; fall movements; Chukchi Sea; migration; habitat use; petroleum development; kernel density; baleine boréale; télémétrie satellitaire; mouvements à l'automne; mer de Tchoukotka; utilisation de l'habitat; mise en valeur du pétrole; densité des noyaux; Baleine; Wrangel Island; Arctic; Barrow; Chukchi; Chukotka; Point Barrow; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64547

Working with subsistence whale hunters, we tagged 19 mostly immature bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) with satellite-linked transmitters between May 2006 and September 2008 and documented their movements in the Chukchi Sea from late August through December. From Point Barrow, Alaska, most whales...