Beluga whales in the western Beaufort Sea:current state of knowledge on timing, distribution, habitat use and environmental drivers

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Stafford, Kathleen M., Ferguson, Megan C., Hauser, Donna D. W., Okkonen, Stephen R., Berchok, Catherine L., Citta, John J., Clarke, Janet T., Garland, Ellen C., Jones, Joshua, Suydam, Robert S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Beluga whale; Delphinapterus leucas; Alaska; Beaufort Sea; Aerial surveys; Satellite telemetry; Passive acoustic monitoring; Arctic; Barrow Canyon; Beaufort Slope; Barrow; Beluga; Beluga*; Chukchi
• Online Access: https://research-portal.st-andrews.ac.uk/en/publications/e0bea76a-92f4-47d9-930e-8b3b8c9f1e70; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.11.017; https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/13680/1/Garland_2016_DSR_BeaufortSea_AAM.pdf

The seasonal and geographic patterns in the distribution, residency, and density of two populations (Chukchi and Beaufort) of beluga whales ( Delphinapterus leucas ) were examined using data from aerial surveys, passive acoustic recordings, and satellite telemetry to better understand this arctic sp...