Distribution and abundance of whales in the Mackenzie estuary, southeast Beaufort Sea, and west Amundsen Gulf during late July 1992

This dataset contains digital data files on transects flown and reported in Harwood, L.A. and P. Norton (1996). Aerial survey data from the southeast Beaufort Sea, Mackenzie River estuary and west. Amundsen Gulf, July 1992. Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 964

Date ( RI_366 ): 1992-07-23

Date ( RI_367 ): 2021-10-20

RI_409

Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Kevin Jacobs ( Physical Scientist (Data) )

501 University Cres , Winnipeg , Manitoba , R3T 2N6 , Canada

204-983-6755

Purpose: Three Twin Otter aircraft, each with three or four observers, were used to conduct a systematic beluga whale survey of the southeast Beaufort Sea, Mackenzie estuary and west Amundsen Gulf over a 55-h period on 23-25 July 1992.

Status: completed; complété RI_593

Maintenance and update frequency: notPlanned; nonPlanifié RI_542

Keywords

toothed whales

DFO Areas Zones du MPO ( RI_525 )

Beaufort Sea

Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )

Whales
Aquatic wildlife
Marine biology
Oceans

Classification: unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484

Use limitation: Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)

Access constraints: license; licence RI_606

Use constraints: license; licence RI_606

Spatial representation type: textTable; texteTable RI_637

Metadata language: eng; CAN

Character set: utf8; utf8 RI_458

Topic category

Biota

Begin date: 1992-07-23

End date: 1992-07-25

Description: North West Territories and Nunavut

Supplemental Information: CITATION LIST:

Lois A. Harwood, Stuart Innes, Pamela Norton, and Michael C.S. Kingsley. 1996. Distribution and abundance of beluga whales in

the Mackenzie estuary, southeast Beaufort Sea,

and west Amundsen Gulf during late July 1992. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 53: 2262-2273.