Traditional knowledge of the ecology of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Northern Bering Sea, Chukotka, Russia

Arctic

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 62-70

  Mymrin, Nikolai I ^a   Huntington, Henry P ^b,c  

^a Inuit Circumpolar Conference ^*  (Russian Federation)

^b Inuit Circumpolar Conference   (United States)

^c Huntington Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Beluga whales; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Chukotka; Delphinapterus leucas; Ecology; TEK; Traditional ecological knowledge; White whales

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIGRATION; WHALE;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 0032933396     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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