Behavior, disturbance responses, and feeding of bowhead whales Balaena mysticetus in the Beaufort Sea, 1980-1981

Technical Report · Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5734932

Richardson, W J; Buchanan, R A; Clark, C W; Dorsey, E M; Fraker, M A

In August and September of 1981, the second year, of a five-year study of bowhead whales was completed in the Canadian Beauford Sea. The purpose of the project was to (1) document the normal behavior of bowheads; (2) describe the characteristics of waterborne noise resulting from offshore oil industry activities; (3) quantify the behavioral responses of bowheads to various offshore oil-industry activities, and (4) characterize bowhead feeding areas. Field activities were based in Tuktoyoktuk N.W.T. and were carried out from aircraft, boats, and shore camps.

• Research Organization: LGL Ecological Research Associates, Inc., Bryan, TX (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5734932
• Report Number(s): PB-86-152170/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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