FIRST INSTRUMENTAL AERIAL SURVEY OF RINGED SEALS (PUSA HISPIDA) AND BEARDED SEALS (ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS) IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF THE CHUKCHI AND EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS IN SPRING 2016

An instrumental aerial survey was conducted in the Russian part of the Chukchi Sea and the eastern East-Siberian Sea in the spring of 2016 to investigate new technical capabilities for estimating abundance and distribution of ringed and bearded seals on the spring ice. Density of both species decrea...

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Main Authors: V. I. Chernook, I. S. Trukhanova, A. N. Vasiliev, D. I. Litovka, D. M. Glazov, V. N. Burkanov
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Published: Transactions of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography 2019-12-01
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author V. I. Chernook
I. S. Trukhanova
A. N. Vasiliev
D. I. Litovka
D. M. Glazov
V. N. Burkanov
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description An instrumental aerial survey was conducted in the Russian part of the Chukchi Sea and the eastern East-Siberian Sea in the spring of 2016 to investigate new technical capabilities for estimating abundance and distribution of ringed and bearded seals on the spring ice. Density of both species decreased with distance to the mainland; the largest concentrations of ringed seals were detected in coastal waters, including the Koluchinskaya and Chaunskaya Bays. Taking into account the portion of seals in the water (on average 32 %) and the portion of seals that were disturbed by the aircraft engine noise and dove (on average 30.2 % of ringed seals and 5.9 % of bearded seals), the number of ringed seals in the surveyed area was estimated as 50,839 (СI 95 %: 25,400–73,859; CV = 23.8 %), and the number of bearded seals as 14,590 (CI 95 %: 6,404–24,560; CV = 31.1 %). These estimates are considered to be biased low, primarily due to asynchronic collapse of the ringed seal snow lairs in different parts of the surveyed area, which caused a highly variable detection probability of this species that was difficult to account for.
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spelling doaj-art-9f2f359a47b14f679dc5214dae7a81192025-08-20T03:19:02ZrusTransactions of the Pacific Research Institute of Fisheries and OceanographyИзвестия ТИНРО1606-99192658-55102019-12-01199415216210.26428/1606-9919-2019-199-152-162490FIRST INSTRUMENTAL AERIAL SURVEY OF RINGED SEALS (PUSA HISPIDA) AND BEARDED SEALS (ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS) IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF THE CHUKCHI AND EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS IN SPRING 2016V. I. Chernook0I. S. Trukhanova1A. N. Vasiliev2D. I. Litovka3D. M. Glazov4V. N. Burkanov5RPO «Marine Mammal Council»ICPO «Biologists for Nature Conservation»RPO «Marine Mammal Council»Office of the Governor and Government of Chukotka Autonomous DistrictInstitute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Ac. Sci.RPO «Marine Mammal Council»; Kamchatka branch of Pacific Institute of Geography, Russian Ac.Sci.An instrumental aerial survey was conducted in the Russian part of the Chukchi Sea and the eastern East-Siberian Sea in the spring of 2016 to investigate new technical capabilities for estimating abundance and distribution of ringed and bearded seals on the spring ice. Density of both species decreased with distance to the mainland; the largest concentrations of ringed seals were detected in coastal waters, including the Koluchinskaya and Chaunskaya Bays. Taking into account the portion of seals in the water (on average 32 %) and the portion of seals that were disturbed by the aircraft engine noise and dove (on average 30.2 % of ringed seals and 5.9 % of bearded seals), the number of ringed seals in the surveyed area was estimated as 50,839 (СI 95 %: 25,400–73,859; CV = 23.8 %), and the number of bearded seals as 14,590 (CI 95 %: 6,404–24,560; CV = 31.1 %). These estimates are considered to be biased low, primarily due to asynchronic collapse of the ringed seal snow lairs in different parts of the surveyed area, which caused a highly variable detection probability of this species that was difficult to account for.https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/517instrumental aerial surveyphocid sealsabundancedistributionringed sealbearded sealchukchi seaeast-siberian sea
spellingShingle V. I. Chernook
I. S. Trukhanova
A. N. Vasiliev
D. I. Litovka
D. M. Glazov
V. N. Burkanov
FIRST INSTRUMENTAL AERIAL SURVEY OF RINGED SEALS (PUSA HISPIDA) AND BEARDED SEALS (ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS) IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF THE CHUKCHI AND EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS IN SPRING 2016
Известия ТИНРО
instrumental aerial survey
phocid seals
abundance
distribution
ringed seal
bearded seal
chukchi sea
east-siberian sea
title FIRST INSTRUMENTAL AERIAL SURVEY OF RINGED SEALS (PUSA HISPIDA) AND BEARDED SEALS (ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS) IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF THE CHUKCHI AND EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS IN SPRING 2016
title_full FIRST INSTRUMENTAL AERIAL SURVEY OF RINGED SEALS (PUSA HISPIDA) AND BEARDED SEALS (ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS) IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF THE CHUKCHI AND EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS IN SPRING 2016
title_fullStr FIRST INSTRUMENTAL AERIAL SURVEY OF RINGED SEALS (PUSA HISPIDA) AND BEARDED SEALS (ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS) IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF THE CHUKCHI AND EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS IN SPRING 2016
title_full_unstemmed FIRST INSTRUMENTAL AERIAL SURVEY OF RINGED SEALS (PUSA HISPIDA) AND BEARDED SEALS (ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS) IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF THE CHUKCHI AND EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS IN SPRING 2016
title_short FIRST INSTRUMENTAL AERIAL SURVEY OF RINGED SEALS (PUSA HISPIDA) AND BEARDED SEALS (ERIGNATHUS BARBATUS) IN THE RUSSIAN ZONE OF THE CHUKCHI AND EAST-SIBERIAN SEAS IN SPRING 2016
title_sort first instrumental aerial survey of ringed seals pusa hispida and bearded seals erignathus barbatus in the russian zone of the chukchi and east siberian seas in spring 2016
topic instrumental aerial survey
phocid seals
abundance
distribution
ringed seal
bearded seal
chukchi sea
east-siberian sea
url https://izvestiya.tinro-center.ru/jour/article/view/517
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