Geographically stratified abundance estimate for Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) from an August 2019 aerial line-transect survey in the Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf

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• Personal Author:
  Ferguson, M.C. ; Clarke, J. T. ; Willoughby, A. L. ; Brower, A. A. ; Rotrock, A. D.
• Corporate Authors:
  Alaska Fisheries Science Center (U.S.)
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) ; AFSC (Alaska Fisheries Science Center) ; CICOES (Cooperative Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies)
• Description:
  To derive a new estimate of abundance for the Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Seas population of bowhead whales, we conducted aerial line-transect surveys over the whales’ summer range in the Beaufort Sea shelf and Amundsen Gulf during August 2019.
• Keywords:
  Abundance Aerial Beaufort Bowhead Chukchi Line-transect
• Series:
  NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-AFSC   428
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.25923/rc7a-qm08
• Document Type:
  Technical Memorandum
• Rights Information:
  Public Domain
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:58528efc57f0f59fb876a09e563ae3f4ca42d0db7524dec5a40fb1cb98602886
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/33451/noaa_33451_DS1.pdf
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