Right whale versus bowhead whale gunshot calls in the Bering Sea

2012 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 1950-1950
Author(s):  
Catherine L. Berchok ◽  
Jessica L. Crance ◽  
Jessica L. Thompson ◽  
Stephanie L. Grassia ◽  
Phillip J. Clapham ◽  
...  
2001 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 371-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur S. Dyke ◽  
James M. Savelle

AbstractThe fossil remains of 43 bowhead whales were mapped on the raised beaches of western Wollaston Peninsula, Victoria Island, Canadian Arctic, near the historic summer range limit of the Bering Sea stock in the Beaufort Sea. The elevations and radiocarbon ages of the remains demonstrate that the bowhead ranged commonly into the region following the submergence of Bering Strait at ca. 10,000 14C yr B.P. until ca. 8500 14C yr B.P. During the same interval, bowheads ranged widely from the Beaufort Sea to Baffin Bay. Subsequently, no whales reached Wollaston Peninsula until ca. 1500 14C yr B.P. Late Holocene populations evidently were small, or occupations were brief, in comparison to those of the early Holocene. Although the late Holocene recurrence may relate to the expansion of pioneering Thule whalers eastward from Alaska, there are few Thule sites and limited evidence of Thule whaling in the area surveyed to support this suggestion.


2018 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 1696-1696
Author(s):  
Dana Wright ◽  
Aaron Thode ◽  
Julien Bonnel ◽  
Margaux Thieury ◽  
Aileen Fagan ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Wade ◽  
Amy Kennedy ◽  
Rick LeDuc ◽  
Jay Barlow ◽  
Jim Carretta ◽  
...  

The North Pacific right whale ( Eubalaena japonica ) was heavily exploited by both nineteenth century whaling and recent (1960s) illegal Soviet catches. Today, the species remains extremely rare especially in the eastern North Pacific. Here, we use photographic and genotype data to calculate the first mark–recapture estimates of abundance for right whales in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. The estimates were very similar: photographic = 31 (95% CL 23–54), genotyping = 28 (95% CL 24–42). We also estimated the population contains eight females (95% CL 7–18) and 20 males (95% CL 17–37). Although these estimates may relate to a Bering Sea subpopulation, other data suggest that the total eastern North Pacific population is unlikely to be much larger. Its precarious status today—the world's smallest whale population for which an abundance estimate exists—is a direct consequence of uncontrolled and illegal whaling, and highlights the past failure of international management to prevent such abuses.


2015 ◽  
Vol 532 ◽  
pp. 269-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
AN Zerbini ◽  
MF Baumgartner ◽  
AS Kennedy ◽  
BK Rone ◽  
PR Wade ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
pp. 2711-2712
Author(s):  
Aaron Thode ◽  
Julien Bonnel ◽  
Margaux Thieury ◽  
Aileen Fagan ◽  
Christopher M. Verlinden ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 127 (3) ◽  
pp. 1758-1758
Author(s):  
Jessica Crance ◽  
Catherine Berchok ◽  
Phillip Clapham ◽  
Marc Lammers ◽  
Whitlow W. L. Au ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 142 (4) ◽  
pp. 2503-2503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Wright ◽  
Jessica Crance ◽  
Daniel Woodrich ◽  
Arial Brewer ◽  
Catherine L. Berchok

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Citta ◽  
John J. Burns ◽  
Lori T. Quakenbush ◽  
Vicki Vanek ◽  
John C. George ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 (5) ◽  
pp. 3059-3069 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Thode ◽  
Julien Bonnel ◽  
Margaux Thieury ◽  
Aileen Fagan ◽  
Chris Verlinden ◽  
...  

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