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DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY
卷 152, 期 -, 页码 195-202出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.11.015
关键词
Alaska; Balaena mysticetus; Upwelling; Beaufort sea; Bowhead whale
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- U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies Program [M11PG00034]
- U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
- National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA [M11PG00033]
- Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)
- Alaska OCS Region
- BLM
- MMS
- BOEMRE
Aerial surveys for bowhead whales have been conducted with a relatively consistent methodology over the Alaskan Beaufort Sea since 1989. Sightings of bowhead whales in the central Alaskan Beaufort Sea in September 1997 and September 2014 were unusual in that hundreds of whales were observed within a few kilometers of local barrier islands. We compare bowhead whale sightings, river discharge data, wind records, and satellite imagery to argue that the large numbers of bowhead whales observed nearshore in September 1997 and 2014 resulted from favorable feeding conditions established by high river discharges and prior upwelling events. These results are then generalized in a simple binary-based mechanistic framework that links the relevant physics to occurrences of observed and potential feeding opportunities for bowhead whales in the central Alaskan Beaufort Sea and in other locales along the Beaufort coast.
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