Climate variability, oceanography, bowhead whale distribution, and Iñupiat subsistence whaling near Barrow, Alaska

Arctic

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-194

  Ashjian, Carin J ^a   Braund, Stephen R ^b   Campbell, Robert G ^c   George, J C ^d   Kruse, Jack ^e   Maslowski, Wieslaw ^f   Moore, Sue E ^g   Nicolson, Craig R ^h   Okkonen, Stephen R ⁱ   Sherr, Barry F ^j   Sherr, Evelyn B ^j   Spitz, Yvette H ^j  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Stephen R Braund and Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^f NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^j OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Beaufort Sea; Bowhead whale; Oceanography; Plankton; Subsistence whaling

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; PLANKTON; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WATER MASS; WHALE; WHALING; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BARROW; BEAUFORT SEA; UNITED STATES;

BALAENA MYSTICETUS; BALAENIDAE; CETACEA; COPEPODA; EUPHAUSIIDAE;

EID: 77954267772     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic973     Document Type: Article

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