2025
Ferguson MC, Conn PB, Thorson JT. 2025. Spatially explicit models of density improve estimatesof Eastern Bering Sea beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) abundance and distribution from line-transect surveys. PeerJ 13:e20077
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2022
Hamilton, CD, Lydersen, C, Aars, J, et al. 2022. Marine mammal hotspots across the circumpolar Arctic. Diversity and Distributions. 2022:00:1-25. http://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13543.
Martin, MJ, Halliday, WD, Storrie, L, et al. 2022. Exposure and behavioral responses of tagged beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) to ships in the Pacific Arctic. Marine Mammal Science 2022:1-35. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms12978.
2021
Citta, JJ, Quakenbush, LT, Taras, B. 2021. Estimation of a correction factor to reduce availability bias in aerial counts of beluga whales. Report to the ABWC, 15 December 2021.
Halliday, WD, Pine, MK, Citta, JJ, et al. 2021. Potential exposure of beluga and bowhead whales to underwater noise from ship traffic in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas. Ocean and Coastal Management, 204 (2021) 105473. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105473
O’Corry-Crowe G, Ferrer T, Citta JJ, Suydam R, Quakenbush L, Burns JJ, Monroy J, Whiting A, Seaman G, Goodwin W, Meyer M, Rodgers S, Frost KJ. 2021. Genetic history of stock identify of beluga whales in Kotzebue sound. Polar Research. Special Issue on beluga whales. Polar Research 2021, 40, 7623. https://dx.doi.org/10.33265/polar.v40.7623
2020
Citta J.J., Frost K.J., Quakenbush L. 2020. Aerial surveys of Bristol Bay beluga whales in 2016. In press. Marine Fisheries Review. doi: https://doi.org/10.7755/MFR.81.3–4.5
Citta JJ, Okkonen, SR, Suydam, RS, et al. 2020. Beluga dive behavior relative to fronts and stratified layers near Barrow Canyon, Alaska. Deap Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers Vol. 165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103392
Givens, GH, Ferguson, MC, Clarke, JT, at al. Abundance of the Eastern Chukchi Sea sock of beluga Whales, 2012 – 17. Arctic Vol. 73 No. 4:485-498 https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic71592
O’Corry-Crowe, G, Suydam, R, Quakenbush, L, et al. 2020. Group structure and kinship in beluga whale societies. Scientific Reports 10:11462 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67324-w.
2019
Givens GH, Ferguson MC, Clarke JT, Willoughby A, Suydam R. 2019. Abundance of the Eastern Chukchi Sea Stock of Beluga Whales, 2012-2017. Report to the International Whaling Commission SC/68A/ASI/09.
Goertz CEC, Burek-Huntington K, Royer K, Quakenbush L, Clauss T, Hobbs R, Kellar N. 2019. Comparing progesterone in blubber and serum to assess pregnancy in wild belugas (Delphinapterus leucas). Conservation Physiology 7. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz071.
Hobbs, RC, Reeves, RR, Prewitt, JS, et al. 2019. Global Review of the Conservation Status of Mnodontid Stocks. Marine Fisheries Review 81(3-4) doi: https://doi.org/10.7755/MFR.81.3–4.1
Lowry, LF, Citta, JJ, O’Corry Crowe, G, et al. 2019 Distribution, abundance, harvest, and status of Western Alaska Beluga Whale, Delphinapterus leucas, Stocks. Marine Fisheries Review 81 (3-4):54-71. https://doi.org/10.7755/MFR.81.3-4.2
Moore SE, Hauser DDW. 2019. Marine mammal ecology and health: finding common ground between conventional science and indigenous knowledge to track arctic ecosystem variability. Environmental Research Letters 14: 075001.
Poirer MC, Lair S, Michaud R, Hernandez-Ramon EE, Divi KV, and others. 2019. Intestinal Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-DNA Adducts in a Population of Beluga Whales with High Levels of Gastrointestinal Cancers. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 60:29-41.
2018
Citta JJ, O’Corry‐Crowe G, Quakenbush LT, Bryan AL, Ferrer T, Olson MJ, Hobbs RC and Potgieter B. 2018. Assessing the abundance of Bristol Bay belugas with genetic mark‐recapture methods. Mar Mam Sci. doi:10.1111/mms.12472.
Citta JJ, Lowry LF, Quakenbush LT, Kelly BP, Fischback AS, London JM, Jay CV, Frost KJ, O’Corry-Crowe G, Crawford JA, Boveng PL, Cameron M, von Duyke AL, M Nelson, Harwood LA, Richard P, Suydam R, Heide-Jorgensen MP, Hobbs RC, Litovka DI, Marcoux M, Whiting A, Kennedy AS, George JC, Orr J, Gray T. 2018. A multi-species synthesis of satellite telemetry data in the Pacific Arctic (1987-2015): overlap of marine mammal ranges and core use areas. Deep-Sea Research Part II. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2018.02.006.
Citta, JJ, Lowry, LF, Quakenbush, LT, et al. 2018. Status review for the Bristol Bay Beluga Whale Stock. NAMMCO (2018) Report of the NAMMCO Global Review of Monodontids. 13-16 March 2017, Hillerød, Denmark, Available at https://nammco.no/topics/sc-working-group-reports/
Hauser, DDW, Laidre KL, Stern HL, Suydam RS, Richard PR. 2018. Indirect effects of sea ice loss on summer-fall habitat and behavior for sympatric populations of an Arctic marine predator. Diversity and Distributions. 2018:00:1-9. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12722.
Lowry, LF, Citta, JJ, O’Corry-Crowe, G, Frost, KJ. 2018 Status review for the Eastern Bering Sea beluga whale stock. NAMMCO (2018) Report of the NAMMCO Global Review of Monodontids. 13-16 March 2017, Hillerød, Denmark, Available at https://nammco.no/topics/sc-working-group-reports/
Lowry, LF, Citta, JJ, O’Corry-Crowe, G, Frost, KJ, Suydam, R. 2018 Status review for the Eastern Chukchi Sea beluga whale stock. NAMMCO (2018) Report of the NAMMCO Global Review of Monodontids. 13-16 March 2017, Hillerød, Denmark, Available at https://nammco.no/topics/sc-working-group-reports/
O’Corry-Crowe G, Suydam R, Quakenbush L, Potgieter B, Harwood, L, Litovka D, Ferrer T, Citta J, Burkanov V, Frost K, Mahoney B. 2018. Migratory culture, population structure and stock identity in North Pacific beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). PLOS ONE 13(3): e0194201. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194201.
O’Corry-Crowe G. 2018. Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas). In “Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals” (B Würsig, JGM Thewissen, and KM Kovacs, eds.), 3rd ed, pp. 93-96, Academic Press/Elsevier, San Diego, CA, USA.
Stafford, KM, Ferguson, MC, Hauser, DDW, et al. 2018. Beluga whales in the western Beaufort Sea: Current state of knowledg on timing, distribution, habitat use, and environmental drivers. Deep-Sea Research Part II 152:182-194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.11.017
Waugh, D.A., R.S. Suydam, J.D. Ortiz, and J.G.M. Thewissen. 2018. Validation of growth layer group (GLG) depositional rate using daily incremental growth lines in the dentin of beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) teeth. PLOS ONE 13(1):e0190498. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190498.2017.
2017
Citta, JJ, P Richard P, Lowry LF, O’Corry Crowe G, Marcoux M, Suydam RS, Quakenbush LT, Hobbs RC, Litovka DI, Frost KJ, Gray T, Orr J, Tinker B, Aderman H, Druckenmiller M. 2017. Satellite telemetry reveals population specific winter ranges of beluga whales in the Bering Sea. Marine Mammal Science 33:236-250. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12357.
Hauser DDW, Laidre KL, Stern HL, Moore SE, Suydam RS, Richard PR. 2017. Habitat selection by two beluga whale populations in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas. PLoS ONE 12(2): e0172755. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172755.
Hauser DDW, Laidre KL, Stafford KM, Stern HL, Suydam RS, Richard PR. 2017. Decadal shifts in autumn migration timing by Pacific Arctic beluga whales are related to delayed annual sea ice formation. Global Change Biology 23: 2206-2217. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13564.
Lowry, LF, Kingsley, MCS, Hauser, DDW, et al. 2017. Aerial survey estimates of abundance of the Eastern Chukchi Sea stock of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in 2021. Arctic 70/3:273-286. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4667
Lowry LF, Reeves R, Laidre K. 2017. Delphinapterus leucas. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T6335A50352346. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T6335A50352346.en.
Lowry, L.F., A. Zerbini, K.J. Frost, D.P. DeMaster, and R.C. Hobbs. 2017. Development of an abundance estimate for the eastern Bering Sea stock of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Journal of Cetacean Research Management 16:39-47.
Lowry L.F., Kingsley M.C.S., Hauser D.D.W., Clarke J., Suydam R. 2017. Aerial survey estimates of abundance of the eastern Chukchi Sea stock of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in 2012. Arctic 70: 273-286. https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4667.
2016
Citta, J.J., L.T. Quakenbush, K.J. Frost, L.F. Lowry, R.C. Hobbs and H. Aderman. 2016. Movements of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Marine Mammal Science DOI: 10.1111/mms.12337.
Citta JJ, Richard PR, Lowry LF, O’Corry-Crowe G, Marcoux M, Suydam R, Quakenbush LT, Hobbs RC, Litovka DI, Frost KJ, Gray T, Orr J, Tinker B, Aderman H, Drukenmiller ML. 2016. Satellite telemetry reveals population specific winter ranges of beluga whales in the Bering Sea. Marine Mammal Science 33:236–250. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12357
Mooney TA, Castellote M, Quakenbush L, Hobbs R, Goertz C, Gaglione E. 2016. Measuring Hearing in Wild Beluga Whales. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2016:875:729-35. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_88.
Noren, SR, Suydam, R. 2016. Navigating under sea ice promotes rapid maturation of diving physiology and performance in beluga whales. Journal of Experimental Biology 219:2828-2836. doi: 10.1242/jeb/143644.
O’Corry-Crowe G, Mahoney AR, Suydam R, Quakenbush L, Whiting A, Lowry L, Harwood L. 2016. Genetic profiling links changing sea-ice to shifting beluga whale migration patterns. Biol. Lett. 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0404.
Stafford, KM, MC Ferguson, DDW Hauser, SR Okkonen, CL Berchok, JJ Citta, JT Clarke, EC Garland, J Jones, RS Suydam. 2016. Beluga whales in the western Beaufort Sea: Current state of knowledge on timing, distribution, habitat use and environmental drivers. Deep-Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.11.017.
Stafford, K.M. et al. 2016. Wind-dependent beluga whale dive behavior in Barrow Canyon, Alaska. Deep-Sea Research I DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2016.10.006.
2015
Hauser, D.D.W., K.L. Laidre, S.L. Parker-Stetter, J.K. Horne, R.S. Suydam and P.R. Richard. 2015. Regional diving behavior of Pacific Arctic beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas and possible associations with prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series 541:245-264. DOI: 10.3354/meps11530.
Quakenbush, L.T., R.S. Suydam, A.L. Bryan, L.F. Lowry, K.J. Frost, and B.A. Mahoney. 2015. Diet of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, in Alaska from stomach contents, March–November. Marine Fisheries Review 77(1):70–84.
Sensor, JD, Suydam, R, George, JC, et al. 2015. The sprial ganglion and Rosenthal’s canal in beluga whales. Journal of Morphology 00. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20434
2014
Castellote, M, Mooney, TA, Quakenbush LT, et al. 2014 Baseline hearing abilities and variability in wild beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 1682-1691. doi: 10.1242/jeb.093252
Hauser, D.D.W., K.L. Laidre, R.S. Suydam and P.R. Richard. 2014. Population-specific home ranges and migration timing of Pacific Arctic beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas). Polar Biology 37:1171-1183.
Thompson L.A., T.R. Spoon, C.E.C. Goertz, R.C. Hobbs, T.A. Romano. 2014. Blow Collection as a Non-Invasive Method for Measuring Cortisol in the Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas). PLoS ONE 9(12): e114062. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114062.
2013
Citta, J.J., R.S. Suydam, L.T. Quakenbush, K.J. Frost, and G.M. O’Corry-Crowe. 2013. Dive behavior of eastern Chukchi beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) 1998–2008. Arctic 66(4):389–406.
2012
Co-management Strengthens Marine Mammal Research in Alaska, NOAA Fisheries Service, 2012
2010
Frost, K.J. and R.S. Suydam. 2010. Frost, K.J. and R.S. Suydam. 2010. Subsistence harvest of beluga or white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in northern and western Alaska, 1987–2006. Journal of Cetacean Research Management 11(3): 293–299. Journal of Cetacean Research Management 11(3): 293–299.
O’Corry-Crowe, G.M., C. Lydersen, M..P Heide-Jørgensen , L. Hansen, L.M. Mukhametov, O. Dove, K.M. Kovacs. 2010. Population genetic structure and evolutionary history of North Atlantic beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from West Greenland, Svalbard and the White Sea. Polar Biology 33:1179–1194. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0807-y
2009
Smith, H.R. 2009. Fatty acid variation in beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) blubber: implications for estimating diet using fatty acids. Ph.D. Dissertation. School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 122 pp.
Suydam, R.S. 2009. Age, growth, reproduction and movements of beluga whale (Dephinapterus leucas) form the eastern Chukchi Sea. Ph.D. Dissertation. School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 169 pp.
2008
Fernandez-Gimenez, M.E., J.U. Hays, Jr., H.P. Huntington, R. Andrew and W. Goodwin. 2008. Ambivalence toward formalizing costomary resource management norms among Alaska Native beluga whale hunters and Tohono O’odham livestock owners. Human Organization 67:137-150.
Lowry, L.F., K.J. Frost, A. Zerbini, D. DeMaster, and R.R. Reeves. 2008. Trend in aerial counts of beluga or white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1993–2005. Journal of Cetacean Research Management 10(3):201–207.
2006
Dehn, LA, Follmann, EH, Rosa, C, et al. 2006 Stable isotope and trace element status of subsistence-hunted bowhead and beluga whales in Alaska and gray whales in Chukotka. Marine Pollution Bulletin 52:301-319. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2005.09.001
Fernandez-Gimenez, M.E., H.P. Huntington and K.J. Frost. 2006. Integration or co-optation? Traditional knowledge and science in the Alaska Beluga Whale Committee. Environmental Conservation 33:1–10.
2005
Suydam, R.S., L.F. Lowry, K.J. Frost. 2005. Distribution and movements of beluga whales from the Eastern Chukchi Sea stock during summer and early autumn. OCS Study MMS 2005-035 Final Report, 48 pp.
2004
Huntington, H.P., R.S. Suydam and D.H. Rosenberg. 2004. Traditional knowledge and satellite tracking as complementary approaches to ecological understanding. Environmental Conservation 31:177-180.
2003
Lowry, L. and K. Frost. 2003. Beluga Whale Surveys in the eastern Chukchi Sea, July 2003. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Report 03-1 to NOAA.
2002
Huntington, H.P., P.K. Brown-Schwalenberg, K.J. Frost, M.E. Fernandez-Gimenez, D.W. Norton and D.H. Rosenberg. 2002. Observations on the Workshop as a Means of Improving Communication Between Holders of Traditional and Scientific Knowledge. Environmental Management 30:778-792.
Lowry, L. and K. Frost. 2002. Beluga Whale Surveys in the eastern Chukchi Sea, July 2002. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Report 02-2 to NOAA.
O’Corry-Crowe, G.M., A.E. Dizon, R.S. Suydam, and L.F. Lowry. 2002. Molecular genetics studies of population structure and movement patterns in a migratory species: the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, in the western nearctic. Pages 53-64 in C.J. Pfeiffer, ed. Molecular and cell biology of marine mammals. Krieger Publishing Co., Malabar, FL.
Woshner, V.M., T.M. O’Hara, J.A. Eurell, M.A. Wallig, G.R. Bratton, R.S. Suydam, V.R. Beasley. 2002. Distribution of Inorganic Mercury in Liver and Kidney of Beluga and Bowhead Whales Through Autometallographic Development of Light Microscopic Tissue Sections. Toxicologic Pathology 30(2):209–215. DOI: 10.1080/019262302753559542
2001
DeMaster, D.P., L.F. Lowry, K.J. Frost and R.A. Bengtson. 2001. The effect of sea state on estimates of abundance for beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in Norton Sound, Alaska. Fishery Bulletin 99:197-201.
Lowry, L. and K. Frost. 2001. Beluga Whale Surveys in the eastern Chukchi Sea, July 2001. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Report 01-1 to NOAA.
Suydam, R.S., L.F. Lowry, K.J. Frost, G.M. O’Corry-Crowe and D. Pikok, Jr. 2001. Satellite tracking of eastern Chukchi Sea beluga whales into the Arctic Ocean. Arctic 54:237-243.
2000
Huntington, H.P. 2000. Traditional knowledge of the ecology of belugas, Delphinapterus leucas, in Cook Inlet, Alaska. Marine Fisheries Review 62(3):134–140.
Huntington, H.P. 2000. Using traditional ecological knowledge in science methods and applications. Ecological Applications 10:1270–1274.
1999
Frost, K.J. 1999. Harvest Report: Statewide Summary for Western Alaska Beluga Stocks, 1994-1998. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Report 99-4 to NOAA.
Huntington, H.P. et al. 1999. Traditional knowledge of the ecology of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in the Eastern Chukchi and Northern Bering Seas, Alaska. Arctic 52(1):49-61.
Lowry, L.F., D.P. DeMaster, K.J. Frost, and W. Perryman. 1999. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Surveys of Beluga Whales in the eastern Chukchi Sea, 1996-1998. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Report 99-1 to NOAA.
Lowry, L.F., D.P. DeMaster, and K.J. Frost. 1999. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Surveys of Beluga Whales in the eastern Bering Sea, 1992-1995. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Report 99-2 to NOAA.
Lowry L.F. and K.J. Frost. 1999. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Surveys of Beluga Whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1993-1994. Rep. International Whaling Commission. SC/51/SM 32.
Lowry L.F., D.P. DeMaster, K.J. Frost, and W. Perryman. 1999. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Surveys of Beluga Whales in the Eastern Chukchi Sea, 1996-1998. Rep. International Whaling Commission. SC/51/SM 33.
Lowry L.F., D.P. DeMaster, and K.J. Frost. 1999. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Surveys of Beluga Whales in the Eastern Bering Sea, 1992-1995. Rep. International Whaling Commission. SC/51/SM 34.
Lowry, L.F., and R.L. Schaeffer. 1999. Conservation Issues for Western Alaska Beluga Whale Stocks. Presented to the 51st International Whaling Commission SC/51/SM38.
O’Corry-Crowe G.M. and L.F. Lowry. 1999. A review of the status and stock structure of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas. Rep. International Whaling Commission SC/51/SM37.
Suydam, R.S. 1999. Age, growth, and reproduction of beluga whales from the Eastern Chukchi Sea, Alaska. Rep. International Whaling Commission. SC/51/SM40.
Suydam R.S., L.F. Lowry, K.J. Frost, G.M. O’Corry-Crowe, and D. Pikok, Jr. 1999. Satellite tracking of eastern Chukchi Sea beluga whales in the Arctic Ocean. Rep. International Whaling Commission SC/51/SM39.
1998
Frost, K.J. 1998. Harvest Report: Statewide Summary for the Eastern Bering Sea Beluga Population, 1995-97. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Report 98-1 to NOAA.
Lowry, L.F., and K.J. Frost. 1998. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Surveys of Beluga Whales in Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1993-1994. Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Report 98-3 to NOAA.
1997
O’Corry-Crowe, G.M., R.S. Suydam, A. Rosenberg, K.J. Frost, and A.E. Dizon. 1997. Phylogeography, population structure, and dispersal patterns of the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, in the western Nearctic revealed by mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Ecology 6:955-970.
1993
Adams, M., K.J. Frost and L.A. Harwood. 1993. Alaska and Inuvialuit Beluga Whale Committee (AIBWC) – an initiative in “at home management”. Arctic 46(2):134-137.
1989
Lowry, L. F., J. J. Burns, and K. J. Frost. 1989. Recent harvests of Belukha whales, Delphinapterus leucas, in western and northern Alaska and their potential impact on provisional management stocks. Report of the International Whaling Commission 39:335–339.
Lowry, L.F., J.J. Burns and K.J. Frost. 1989. Recent harvests of belukha whales in western and northern Alaska and their potential impact on provisional management stocks. Rep. International Whaling Commission 39:335-339.
1988
Frost, KJ, Lowry, LF, Burns, JJ. 1988. Distribution, abundance, migration, harvest, and stock identity of belukha whales in the Beaufort Sea. Beaufort Sea (Sale 97) Information Update, NOAA.
1985
Frost, K. J., L. F. Lowry, and R. R. Nelson. 1985. Radiotagging studies of Belukha whales (Delphinapterus Leucas) in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 1(3):191–202.
1982
Seaman, G. A., L. F. Lowry, and K. J. Frost. 1982. Foods of belukha whales (Delphinapterus leucas) in western Alaska. Cetology 44:1–19.