Description
This study funded field activities of the Aerial Surveys of Arctic Marine Mammals (ASAMM) project, including field surveys based in Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska, and Deadhorse, Alaska, and targeting the Northeastern and Southcentral Chukchi and Western Beaufort seas, between 67°N and 73°N latitude, 140°W and 169°W longitude. Bowhead whale sightings in the Western Beaufort Sea in summer 2019 were significantly farther from shore and in deeper water in the East and West regions compared to previous years with light summer sea ice cover. Compared to previous years with light sea ice cover in fall, bowhead whale sightings in the Western Beaufort Sea in fall 2019 were significantly farther from shore and in deeper water in the East and West regions. Median depth in fall 2019 for East and West regions combined was deeper than in any previous year except 1991 and 1992, which were both years when heavy sea ice persisted. Median distance from shore in fall 2019 for East and West regions combined was farther than in any previous years except 1991, which was a heavy ice year.
Award Amount
USD: $2,720,000
Funding
Type
award
Funder
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies Program
Funder ID
https://doi.org/10.13039/100012475
Award Dates
2017-06-13 → 2020-10-31
Award Number
M17PG00031
DOI / Resource
Field Xml File
100251.xml
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- ROR:https://ror.org/03tzscr25Series Title:BOEM Environmental StudiesISSN:3071-6349Report Title:Distribution and relative abundance of marine mammals in the Eastern Chukchi and Western Beaufort Seas, 2017; annual reportAuthors:JT Clarke, AA Brower, MC Ferguson, AL WilloughbyPublication Year:2018Publisher:U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies ProgramPlace:Washington D.C.Report Number:BOEM 2018-023Contract #:M17PG00031Award DOI:10.67297/9A1E1BReport DOI:10.67297/0187FCField Xml File100348.xml (3.03 KB)
- ROR:https://ror.org/03tzscr25Series Title:BOEM Environmental StudiesISSN:3071-6349Report Title:Distribution and relative abundance of marine mammals in the Eastern Chukchi and Western Beaufort Seas, 2018 annual reportAuthors:JT Clarke, AA Brower, MC Ferguson, AL WilloughbyPublication Year:2019Publisher:U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies ProgramPlace:Washington D.C.Report Number:BOEM 2019-021Contract #:M17PG00031Award DOI:10.67297/9A1E1BReport DOI:10.67297/01B04CField Xml File110668.xml (2.66 KB)
- ROR:https://ror.org/03tzscr25Series Title:BOEM Environmental StudiesISSN:3071-6349Report Title:Distribution and relative abundance of marine mammals in the Eastern Chukchi Sea, Eastern and Western Beaufort Sea, and Amundsen Gulf, 2019 annual reportAuthors:JT Clarke, AA Brower, MC Ferguson, AL Willoughby, AD RotrockPublication Year:2020Publisher:U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Environmental Studies ProgramPlace:Washington D.C.Report Number:BOEM 2020-027Contract #:M17PG00031Award DOI:10.67297/9A1E1BReport DOI:10.67297/01B050Field Xml File110672.xml (2.82 KB)