
The objectives of the Arctic Whale Ecology Study (ARCWEST) is to determine the relationship between dominant currents passing from the Bering Sea into and through the Chukchi Sea and prey resources delivered to the Barrow Arch area (an area of high bowhead whale and prey concentrations between Wainwright and Smith Bay) and to provide information about the dynamic nature of those relationships relative to whale distribution and habitat utilization in the eastern Chukchi and extreme western Beaufort Seas. This study will also provide important baseline data on the occurrence, distribution, and habitat use of large whales in an area that is subject to rapid change in climate and human industrial development. ARCWEST is a multi-year study (2012-2017, with field research cruises in 2013-2015) funded through an Inter-Agency agreement between the National Marine Mammal Laboratory and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Contracted Reports
- Arctic Long-Term Integrated Mooring Array 2016 Cruise Report
- Eco-FOCI 2016 Cruise Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study July 2016 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study April 2016 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study October 2016 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study October 2015 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study July 2015 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study Apr 2015 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study 2014 Annual Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study / CHAOZ-X 2015 Cruise Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study / CHAOZ-X 2015 Cruise Plan
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study 2015 Annual Report
- Eco-FOCI Cruise Report for 2015
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study / CHAOZ-X 2014 Cruise Summary
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study / CHAOZ-X 2014 Cruise Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study Oct 2014 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study July 2014 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study April 2014 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study 2014 Cruise Plan
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study 2013 Annual Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study 2013 Cruise Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study 2013 Cruise Summary
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study November 2013 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study April 2013 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study July 2013 Quarterly Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study 2013 Cruise Plan
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study 2012 Annual Report
- Arctic Whale Ecology Study October 2012 Quarterly Report