Aerial surveys of bowhead and beluga whales along with incidental sighting of other marine mammals in the Bering, Beaufort and Chukchi Seas for the Bowhead Whale Aerial Survey Project (BWASP), 1979 – 2004 (NCEI Accession 0001941)

Aerial surveys of bowhead and beluga whales along with incidental sighting of other marine mammals in the Bering, Beaufort and Chukchi Seas for the Bowhead Whale Aerial Survey Project (BWASP), 1979 – 2004 (NCEI Accession 0001941)

DataSet Animal(s) : Bowhead Whales, Beluga Whales
DataSet Category : Mammals
DataSet Country : United States
DataSet Region : North America
DataSet Type : DataSet
DataSet Access : Public
DataSet URL : https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/aerial-surveys-of-bowhead-and-beluga-whales-along-with-incidental-sighting-of-other-marine-mamm

The Minerals Management Service (MMS), previously Bureau of Land Management, has funded fall bowhead whale aerial surveys in this area each year since 1978, using a repeatable protocol from 1982 to the present.

DataSet Agency : National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce