Acoustic detections of beluga whales in the northeastern chukchi sea, July 2007 to July 2008

Arctic

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-24

  Delarue, Julien ^a   Laurinolli, Marjo ^a   Martin, Bruce ^a  

^a JASCO Applied Sciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic detection; Beluga whale; Chukchi Sea; Delphinapterus leucas; Distribution; Migration; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CANYON; DETECTION METHOD; MIGRATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; WHALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA;

DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS;

EID: 79952819550     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14430/arctic4076     Document Type: Article

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