Climate Variability, Oceanography, Bowhead Whale Distribution, and Iñupiat Subsistence Whaling near Barrow, Alaska

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Ashjian, Carin J., Braund, Stephen R., Campbell, Robert, George, J. C. "Craig", Kruse, Jack, Maslowski, Wieslaw, Moore, Sue E., Nicolson, Craig R., Okkonen, Stephen R., Sherr, Barry F., Sherr, Evelyn B., Spitz, Yvette H.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@URI 2010
• Subjects: Barrow Canyon; Balaena mysticetus; Barrow; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Alaska; Copepods
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/gsofacpubs/443; https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic973; https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/context/gsofacpubs/article/1437/viewcontent/Campbell_ClimateVaria_2010.pdf

The annual migration of bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) past Barrow, Alaska, has provided subsistence hunting to Iñupiat for centuries. Bowheads recurrently feed on aggregations of zooplankton prey near Barrow in autumn. The mechanisms that form these aggregations, and the associations between w...