Arctic Whale Ecology Study (ARCWEST): Use of the Chukchi Sea by Endangered Baleen and Other Whales (Westward Extension of the BOWFEST). Final Report of the Arctic Whale Ecology Study (ARCWEST).
OCS Study BOEM 2018-022. Environmental Studies Program, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, U.S. Department of Interior.
OCS Study BOEM 2018-022. Environmental Studies Program, Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Region, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, U.S. Department of Interior.
The Arctic Whale Ecology Study (ARCWEST) was initiated in 2012 through an Interagency Agreement between the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Marine Mammal Laboratory (MML). The focus of the study was to determine relationships between dominant currents passing from the Bering Sea through the Chukchi Sea and prey resources delivered to the Barrow Arch area, and to provide information about the dynamic nature of those relationships relative to marine mammal distribution and habitat utilization in the eastern Chukchi and extreme western Beaufort Seas. It also provided important baseline data on the occurrence, distribution and habitat use of marine mammals in an area that is subject to rapid change and human industrial development.