Author: Kathryn J. Frost

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Published: 2002

Total Pages: 66

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This report describes results of aerial surveys conducted to determine the distribution and abundance of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in the central Beaufort Sea off Alaska ... Specific objectives were to: 1) review and refine protocols for monitoring ringed seals by aerial surveys; 2) estimate relative abundance and density of ringed seals on fast ice in the Beaufort Sea during 1996-1999 and compare with data collected during 1985-1987; and 3) correlate observed ringed seal densities on fast ice with environmental parameters."--Page vi.