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Bowhead

Educational resources on Bowhead

Bowhead [an error occurred while processing this directive] IUCN Profile of the Bowhead

Academic web links for the Bowhead.


Bowhead Whales May Be the World's Oldest Mammals, Alaska Science Forum
Ivory-tipped harpoon points were recently recovered from the blubber of bowhead whales killed by Eskimo hunters. These points have been out of use for at least 100 years.
www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF15/1529.html

ADW: Balaena mysticetus: Information
Bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) once inhabited oceans throughout the northern hemisphere. Over the last hundred years the population of bowhead whales has been greatly reduced
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Balaena_mysticetus.html

Bowhead Biology and Management
The following discussion and associated images of the scientific study of bowhead whales are derived from presentations given by J. Craig George of the North
www.uark.edu/misc/jcdixon/Historic_Whaling/Whale_biology/bowhead_behavior&bio.htm

Bowhead Whale Acoustic Census — Bioacoustics ...
George, J. C. , J. Zeh, R. Suydam, and C. Clark. 2004. Abundance and population trend (1978-2001) of the western Arctic bowhead whales surveyed near Barrow, Alaska.
www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/publications/bowhead-whale-acoustic-census

bowhead whale
Common Name: Bowhead Whale. Class: Mammalia. Order: Cetacea. Family: Balaenidae. Genus: Balaena. Species: Bowhead whale Balaena mysticetus
www3.canisius.edu/~noonan/cac/marine_mammals/bowhead_whale.htm

Bowhead Whale — Bioacoustics Research Program
During their migration past Barrow, Alaska each spring, bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, are remarkably vocal, producing. patterned sequences of complex sounds referred to as
www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/listen-to-project-sounds/bowhead-whale

Listening for Bowhead Whales | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar ...
ABOARD THE USCGC HEALY, ON THE BEAUFORT SEA-- Now that we are aboard the HEALY and settled in, while we slept a survey was done running roughly offshore of Barrow. The principal
icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/listening-for-bowhead-whales

ASK Archive 2001: Bowhead Whales
Hello Siri and Adrienne, I have answered your questions below about bowhead whales to the best of my knowledge. I have also inserted links that you can go to to find out
whale.wheelock.edu/archives/ask02/0141.html

AEWC Overview
...promote extensive scientific research on the bowhead whale so as to ensure the continued health of the bowhead stock -communicate to the outside world the
www.uark.edu/misc/jcdixon/Historic_Whaling/AEWC/AEWC.htm

ESKIMO Case
However, the bowhead can be found not only in the Bering Sea, but also in the Arctic waters of Canada and Greenland, and the Barents Sea. Bowhead whales were believed to be
www.american.edu/TED/eskimo.htm







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