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Bowhead whale autumn distribution and relative abundance in relation to oil and gas lease areas in the northeastern Chukchi Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Sue E. Moore  and
Janet T. Clarke
Sue E. Moore
Affiliation:
Science Applications International Corporation3990 Old Town AvenueSuite 105ASan DiegoCA 92110–2931USA
Janet T. Clarke
Affiliation:
Science Applications International Corporation3990 Old Town AvenueSuite 105ASan DiegoCA 92110–2931USA
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Abstract

Bowhead whales pass near or through offshore oil and gas lease areas in the northeastern Chukchi Sea during their westward migration each autumn. Results of aerial surveys conducted from mid-September through October 1982–1990 indicate that whale distribution overlapped lease area boundaries north and east of Point Barrow, Alaska. Bowhead relative abundance was high throughout the fall in nearshore sub-blocks east, north, and southwest of Point Barrow, with somewhat lower indices in offshore sub-blocks northwest of Point Barrow.

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Polar Record , Volume 29 , Issue 170 , July 1993 , pp. 209 - 214
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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