Summer Distribution of Bowhead Whales, Balaena mysticetus, Relative to Oil Industry Activities in the Canadian Beaufort Sea, 1980-84

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Richardson, W. John, Davis, Rolph A., Evans, C. Robert, Ljungblad, Donald K., Norton, Pamela
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Aircraft disturbance; Animal distribution; Animal food; Bowhead whales; Environmental impacts; Noise; Offshore oil well drilling; Predation; Zooplankton; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Baleine; Mer de Beaufort; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64807

Aerial surveys in 1980-84 showed that summer distribution of bowheads in the Beaufort Sea varied markedly between years. Distribution varied both outside and within the "main industrial area" (MIA), the area of island construction, drilling and intensive ship and helicopter traffic. Number...