Dive Behavior of Eastern Chukchi Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas), 1998–2008

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Citta, John J., Suydam, Robert S., Quakenbush, Lori T., Frost, Kathryn J., O'Corry-Crowe, Gregory M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2013
• Subjects: beluga whale; Delphinapterus leucas; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; dive behavior; Barrow Canyon; béluga; mer des Tchouktches; mer de Beaufort; comportement de plongée; canyon Barrow; Arctic; Beaufort Shelf; Mer de Beaufort; Pacific; Arctic Basin; Arctic cod; Arctique*; Barrow; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Béluga*; Boreogadus saida; Chukchi; Mer des Tchouktches; Tchouktche*; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67373

We provide an exploratory description of the dive behavior of 23 beluga whales of the eastern Chukchi Sea stock, tagged with satellite-linked time and depth recorders at Point Lay, Alaska, between 1998 and 2007. Because of differences in how transmitters were parameterized, we analyzed data from tag...