Winter Movements of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) in the Bering Sea

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Citta, John J., Quakenbush, Lori T., George, John C., Small, Robert J., Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Brower, Harry, Adams, Billy, Brower, Lewis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
• Subjects: bowhead whale; Balaena mysticetus; satellite telemetry; Bering Sea; shipping lanes; kernel density; baleine boréale; télémétrie satellitaire; mer de Béring; routes maritimes; densité des noyaux; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Baleine; Bering Strait; Big Diomede Island; La Grande Île; Lanes; Lawrence Island; Mathieu; Mer de Beaufort; Navarin; Anadyr'; Arctic; Beaufort Sea; Chukotka; Détroit de Béring; Diomede Island; Mer de Béring; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island; St Matthew Island; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67209

Working with subsistence whale hunters, we tagged bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) with satellite-linked transmitters and documented their movements in the Bering Sea during two winters. We followed 11 whales through the winter of 2008 – 09 and 10 whales in 2009 – 10. The average date that bowhea...