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Research and Reports on Beluga Whales in Alaska Several of the following are PDF files which require free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view, navigate and print. Adobe also offers free tools for the visually disabled. Satellite tag on a Cook Inlet beluga whale Beluga Whale Status Beluga Stock Assessments (5 Alaska stocks) Molecular Genetic Studies of Population Structure and Movement Patterns in a Migratory Species: The Beluga Whale in the Western Nearctic Greg M. O'Corry-Crowe, et al., 2002 Persistent Chlorinated Compounds and Elements in Tissues of CI Beluga Whales, Paul R. Becker, Rebecca S. Pugh, et al., April 2001 Map of all five beluga stocks Eastern Chukchi Sea Belugas Satellite Tagging Point Lay Beluga Whales: 1998 - 2008 Movements and Area Use of Belugas in Subarctic Alaskan Estuary, Arctic, Vol. 58, No. 4, December 2005 Phylogeography, population structure and dispersal patterns of the beluga whale in the western Nearctic revealed by mitochondrial DNA, Molecular Ecology, G. M. O’Corry-Crowe, et al., 1997 Bristol Bay Belugas Satellite Tagging: 2003, 2002 Kvichak Beluga Tagging Study: Are beluga whales a factor in the collapse of Kvichak's red salmon run? (2006, Bristol Bay Native Association external link) Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Biopsies - A Genetic Mark-Recapture Pilot Project: 2005, 2004 Cook Inlet Belugas Status Reviews Status Review and Extinction Assessment of Cook Inlet Belugas, R.C. Hobbs, et al., November 2006 Species of Concern, 2006 Beluga Whales - Status, Distribution, Harvest History, Historic and Current Use, Habitat Associations, Traditional Knowledge and Abundance, Marine Fisheries Review, Vol 62, No. 3, 2000 Synthesis of Available Information on the Cook Inlet Stock of Beluga Whales, Sue Moore, et al., December 1999 Status Report on CI Belugas, 1992 2006 World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, Cook Inlet population, IUCN website (external link) Monitoring Recovery Status and Age Structure of Cook Inlet, Alaska Belugas by Skin Color Determination, L. K. Litzky, 2001 Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet - A Review, K. Shelden, 1994 Satellite Tagging in Cook Inlet, 1999-2003 Aerial Surveys August 2007 1994-2007 annual abundance estimates for CI belugas as determined by aerial surveys in June and July August 2006 June 2006 May 2006 August 2005 June 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 June 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 June 2001 to June 2002 Group Count Estimates and Analysis of Surfacing Behavior of Beluga Whales from Aerial Video in Cook Inlet, 1994 Habitat Habitat Use in a Marine Ecosystem: Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet, Marine Ecology, K. T. Goetz, et al., January 2007 Baroclinic tidal flows and inundation processes in Cook Inlet,Alaska: numerical modeling and satellite observations, Ocean Dynamics, Lie-Yauw Oey, Tal Ezer, Chuanmin Hu, Frank E. Muller-Karger International Polar Year Project - Pan-Arctic Tracking of Beluga Whales: an international science initiative from March 2007 to March 2009 to develop a circumpolar view of the movements and habitats of beluga whales throughout arctic and sub arctic waters Movements and Area Use of Belugas, Delphinapterus leucas,in a Subarctic Alaskan Estuary, Arctic, VOL. 58, N0. 4, P. 331–340, R.C. Hobbs, K.L. Laidre, D.J. Vos, B.A. Mahoney and M. Eagleton, December 2005 Areas Used by CI Belugas: June, July and August 1993-1999 (Figure) Life History Unusual Mortality in the 2003 Depleted Cook Inlet Beluga Population, Northwestern Naturalist, 2005 Developing a calving rate index for beluga in Cook Inlet, Alaska using aerial videography and photography, Christy Sims, et al., 2003 Killer Whale Predation on Belugas in Cook Inlet, Alaska: Implications for a Depleted Population, Marine Mammal Science, K. Shelden, et al., July 2003 Cook Inlet Beluga Age and Growth, Dan Vos, 2003 Anthropogenic Impacts Incidental Catch and Interactions of Marine Mammals and Birds in the Cook Inlet Salmon Driftnet and Setnet Fisheries 1999-2000 Native Harvest and Use of Beluga in the Upper Cook Inlet     - January - June 1995     - July 1 - November 15, 1995 (with updates for January - July 1995)     - April - November 1996 Acoustic Measurements in Cook Inlet, Susanna B. Blackwell, et al., August 2001 Field Report for Vessel Operations in Cook Inlet, J. Waite, et al., July 1995 Impacts of Vessel Surveys and Tagging Operations on the Behavior of Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet June 1994, K. Shelden, 1994 Yakutat and Other Opportunistic Sightings The Ecology, Status and Stock Identity of Beluga Whales in Yakutat Bay, Alaska, Report to the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, G. O’Corry-Crowe, et al., February 2006 Opportunistic Sightings of Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet 1997-2002, C. Sims, D. Rugh, 2004