Summer and autumn movements of belugas of the Eastern Beaufort Sea stock

• Main Authors: Richard, P R, Martin, A R, Orr, J R
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: beluga; Delphinapterus leucas; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; satellite-linked tracking; autumn migration; survey biases; DELPHINAPTERUS-LEUCAS; WHITE WHALES; ABUNDANCE; Arctic; Bering Strait; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; M'Clure Strait; Mackenzie Delta; Melville Sound; Viscount Melville Sound; Amundsen Gulf; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Arctic Archipelago; Beluga; Beluga*; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/researchoutput/summer-and-autumn-movements-of-belugas-of-the-eastern-beaufort-sea-stock(b5021125-d4bc-4c6b-b64f-3e518bb82472).html

Beluga whales of the eastern Beaufort Sea stock were tagged with satellite-linked time-depth recorders and tracked during summer and autumn in 1993, 1995, and 1997. Whales occupied the Mackenzie estuary intermittently and for only a few days at a time. They spent much of their time offshore, near or...