Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort, Eastern Chukchi, and Northern Bearing Seas, 1982.

Abstract

Aerial surveys and acoustic recordings of bowhead whales and, secondarily, other marine mammals were made from mid-April through May and from mid-July through mid-October 1982 in the northern Bering, eastern Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas. Survey results and observations on bowhead distribution, relative abundance, migration patterns, general behavior, and sound production for spring and fall seasons are presented. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA134772

Entities

People

  • D. K. Ljungblad
  • D. R. Van Schoik
  • S. E. Moore

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Birds
  • Cameras
  • Command Control Communications
  • Computer Programs
  • Drops
  • Flight Speeds
  • Habitats
  • Human Behavior
  • Lepidoptera
  • Marine Mammals
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Photographs
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Surveys
  • Tape Recording

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Marine Mammal Biology
  • Polar and Arctic Studies