High‐frequency aerial surveys inform the seasonal distribution of Cook Inlet beluga whales

作者：Nathan Wolf; Bradley P Harris; Natalie Richárd; Suresh A Sethi; Kate Lomac‐Macnair; Lisa Parker

来源：Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2018, 42(4): 577-586.

DOI：10.1002/wsb.922

• Alaska
• Beluga whale
• Cetacean
• Extractive industry
• Habitat use
• Phenology
• Prey field

ABSTRACT(#br)Management options to mitigate potential effects from the overlap of anthropogenic and marine mammal activities require understanding of species’ habitat use and movement patterns. We analyzed high temporal frequency industrial marine mammal monitoring program aerial surveys conducted o...