Feasibility of dynamic models of the interaction of potential oil spills with bowhead and gray whales in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5515974

Reed, M; Bowles, A E; Anderson, E L; Leatherwood, S; Spaulding, M L

Feasibility and design considerations for developing computer models of migratory bow-head and gray whales and linking such models to oil spill models for application in Alaskan Outer Continental Shelf areas were evaluated. A summary of all relevant bowhead and gray whale distributional and migration data were summarized and presented at monthly intervals. The data were, for the most part, deemed sufficient to prepare whale migration simulation models. A variety of whale migration conceptual models were devised and ranking was achieved by means of a scaling-weighted protocol. Existing oil spill trajectory and fate models, as well as conceptual models, were similarly ranked.

• Research Organization: Applied Science Associates, Inc., Wakefield, RI (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5515974
• Report Number(s): PB-86-193950/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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AQUATIC ORGANISMS
CETACEANS
CONTINENTAL MARGIN
CONTINENTAL SHELF
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TRAJECTORIES
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