Scientific and Technical Publications

To meet the demand for rapid dissemination of information many reports are now available on the web. Links below will take you to full text reports PDF format.

Copies of reports are available from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management free of charge, as long as supplies last by contacting the Alaska Region at akwebmaster@boem.gov. Once the supply is exhausted, copies can be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) at www.ntis.gov, or borrowed through an Interlibrary Loan from the Alaska Resources Library & Information Services (ARLIS) or reviewed at participating Federal Depository libraries.

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ESU-001 Aerial Surveys of Bowhead Whales, North Slope, Alaska - Fall 1979
ESU-002 Investigation of the Occurrence and Behavior Patterns of Whales in the Vicinity of the Beaufort Sea Lease Area, 1979
ESU-003 Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort Sea, Chukchi Sea and Northern Bering Sea, Fall 1980
ESU-004 Bowhead Whales in the Beaufort Sea: A Summary of Their Seasonal Distribution and Activities, and Potential Disturbance by Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration and Development
ESU-005 Final Report to the BLM on Development of Large Cetacean Tagging and Tracking in OCS Lease Area
ESU-006 Behavior, Disturbance Responses and Feeding of Bowhead Whales in the Beaufort Sea, 1990
ESU-007 Tissue Structural Studies and Other Investigations on the Biology of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort Sea, Volumes I and II
ESU-008 Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort, Chukchi, and Northern Bering Seas
ESU-009 Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Beaufort, Eastern Chukchi, and Northern Bering Seas
ESU-010 Behavior, Disturbance Responses and Feeding of Bowhead Whales, Balaena Mysticetus, in the Beaufort Sea, 1980-1981  
ESU-011   Observed Densities of Bowhead Whales in the Beaufort Sea in Relation to the Barrier Islands between 146' and 150' W Longitude
ESU-012 Feasibility of Tracking Whales Using the ARGOS Satellite System
ESU-013 The Effects of Oil on the Feeding Mechanism of the Bowhead Whale
ESU-014 Report on Studies to Monitor the Interaction between Offshore Geophysical Exploration Activities and Bowhead Whales in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea
ESU-015 Behavior, Disturbance Responses and Distribution of Bowhead Whales, Balaena Mysticetus, in the Eastern Beaufort Sea
ESU-016 Ambient Industrial and Biological Sounds Recorded in the Northern Bering, Eastern Chukchi and Alaskan Beaufort Seas during the Seasonal Migrations of the Bowhead Whale
ESU-017 Radio Tagging of Finback Whales - Iceland
ESU-018 Design and Testing of a New Radio-Tag for Instrumenting Large Whales
ESU-019 An Evaluation of Three Radio Tags Applied to Gray Whales and Their Utility in Assessing Whale Movements and Dive Characteristics
ESU-020 Investigations of the Potential Effects of Under-Water Noise from Petroleum Industry Activities on Migrating Gray Whale Behavior
ESU-022 Satellite Monitoring of Humpback Whale Diving Behavior and Movements, Progress Report
ESU-023 Behavior, Disturbance Responses and Distribution of Bowhead Whales, Balaena Mysticetus, in the Eastern Beaufort Sea
ESU-024 Feasibility of Dynamic Models of the Interaction of Potential Oil Spills with Bowhead and Gray Whales in the Bering, Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
ESU-025 Investigations of the Potential Effects of Underwater Noise from Petroleum Industry Activities on Migrating Gray Whale Behavior  
ESU-026 Fall 1983 Beaufort Sea Seismic Monitoring and Bowhead Whale Behavior Studies
ESU-028 Bowhead and Gray Whale Migration Model Description, Interim Report #1
ESU-029   Aerial Surveys of Endangered Whales in the Northern Bering, Eastern Chukchi, and Alaskan Beaufort Seas, 1983: With a Five-Year Review 1979-1983