Aerial sightings of beluga in the Russian Arctic seas 2010

Original provider:
Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences

Dataset credits:
Boris Solovyev, Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Sciences

Marine Mammal Council

Abstract:
The data on observation of white whales (<i>Delphinapterus leucas</i>) during the planned sailing of the research scientific ship "Mikhail Somov" (Arkhangelsk–Wrangel Island–Arkhangelsk) from September 6 to December 6 2010 are presented. The results obtained confirm and correct the existing ideas of the distribution of white whales and directions of their migrations in seas of the Russian Arctic.

原始数据提供方：俄罗斯科学院生态与进化研究所

数据集贡献者：鲍里斯·索洛维耶夫，俄罗斯科学院生态与进化研究所；海洋哺乳动物委员会（Marine Mammal Council）

摘要：本数据集呈现了2010年9月6日至12月6日期间，"米哈伊尔·索莫夫"号科研考察船执行阿尔汉格尔斯克—弗兰格尔岛—阿尔汉格尔斯克计划性航行时的白鲸（Delphinapterus leucas）观测数据。所得研究结果验证并修正了当前学界对于俄罗斯北极海域白鲸分布范围及其洄游方向的既有认知。