Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus) Feeding near Point Barrow, Alaska, During the 1985 Spring Migration

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Carroll, Geoffry M., George, John C., Lowry, Lloyd F., Coyle, Kenneth O.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1987
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal food; Animal migration; Animal respiration; Biological sampling; Bowhead whales; Copepoda; Euphausiacea; Internal organs; Necropsy; Barrow; Point; waters; Alaska; Alaskan Beaufort Sea; Baleine; Mer de Beaufort; Retour; Arctic; Balaena mysticetus; banquise; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Point Barrow; Copepods
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64808

Examination of stomach contents and behavioral observations showed conclusively that bowhead whales were feeding in the Point Barrow area during the spring of 1985. All three bowheads harvested near the village of Barrow had over five litres of pelagic zooplankton (calanoid copepods and euphausiids)...