Observations of Annual Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) Migrations in the Nearshore Waters of the Chukotka Peninsula from 1990 to 2012

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Melnikov, Vladimir V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2020
• Subjects: walrus; Odobenus rosmarus divergens; shore-based visual observations; Chukotka Peninsula; Gulf of Anadyr; Chukchi Sea; Bering Sea; migration; morse; observations visuelles à terre; presqu’île de Tchoukotka; golfe d’Anadyr; mer des Tchouktches; mer de Béring; Anadyr; Anadyr’; Bering Strait; Morse; Pacific; Anadyr'; Arctic; Chukchi; Chukotka; Mer de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Odobenus rosmarus; Tchouktche*; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/70035

After the end of the commercial harvest, research regarding the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)in Russia was reduced and focused on the observation of animals at land-based haul-outs. This paper presents the long-term observations of the distribution, relative abundance, and direction o...