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Article: Traditional knowledge of the ecology of beluga whales (delphinapterus leucas) in the Eastern Chukchi and Northern Bering Seas, Alaska.
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- March 1, 1999
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HENRY P. HUNTINGTON (1) and THE COMMUNITIES OF BUCKLAND, ELIM, KOYUK, POINT LAY, AND SHAKTOOLIK
(Received 20 February 1998; accepted in revised form 5 August 1998)
ABSTRACT. Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has been used opportunistically in biological studies of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Alaska, but no previous research has documented this knowledge systematically. This first such effort, which took place in Norton Bay, Buckland, and Point Lay, Alaska, provided descriptions of migratory and local movements, feeding, calving, ecological interactions, and human influences on distribution and behavior. The results are consistent with ...
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