Seasonal Movements and Relative Abundance of Bearded Seals (Erignathus barbatus) in the Coastal Waters of the Chukotka Peninsula

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Melnikov, Vladimir V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2017
• Subjects: bearded seal; shore-based visual observations; Chukotka Peninsula; Gulf of Anadyr; Chukchi Sea; migration; phoque barbu; observations visuelles à partir de la côte; péninsule de Tchoukotcha; golfe de l’Anadyr; mer des Tchouktches; лахтак; береговые наблюдения; Чукотский полуостров; Анадырский залив; Чукотское море; миграции; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Arctic; Barbu; Bering Strait; Nunligran; Pacific; Phoques; Anadyr'; Chukchi; Chukotka; Détroit de Béring; Erignathus barbatus; Mer des Tchouktches; Pacific Arctic; Phoque barbu; Tchouktche*; Берингов*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67720

Information about bearded seal seasonal distribution in the Pacific Arctic is limited. Bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus Exleben, 1777) from coastal sites along the southern, eastern, and northern Chukotka Peninsula, Russian Federation, were observed most seasons during 1993 – 96, 1998 – 2000, 2002...