Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) aerial survey in Cook Inlet, Alaska, conducted by Alaska Fisheries Scientific Center, Marine Mammal Laboratory from 1993-06-02 to 2022-06-18 (NCEI Accession 0133936)
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has conducted aerial counts of Cook Inlet beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from 1993 to 2022 (excluding 2013).  Nearly all counts were conducted during the month of June.  The routine nature of these counts and the consistency in research protocol lend themselves to …