Table 1. Number of tagged female and male beluga whales providing locations from the Beaufort and Chukchi populations in July-November, 1993–2012.
| No. locations (No. tagged whales) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | Year | Sex | No. tagged whales | Mean no. days transmitting (range) | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
| Beaufort | 1993 | F | 1 | 27 | 18 (1) | 9 (1) | |||
| M | 3 | 45 (11–91) | 46 (3) | 49 (2) | 18 (1) | 3 (1) | |||
| 1995 | F | 4 | 34 (7–68) | 53 (4) | 30 (3) | 6 (1) | |||
| M | 11 | 37 (23–85) | 229 (11) | 91 (11) | 6 (2) | ||||
| 1997 | F | 3 | 83 (55–128) | 5 (1) | 84 (3) | 58 (3) | 32 (2) | ||
| M | 6 | 86 (67–120) | 11 (6) | 177 (6) | 149 (6) | 82 (6) | 11 (1) | ||
| 2004 | F | 3 | 96 (15–172) | 51 (3) | 36 (2) | 33 (2) | 8 (2) | 5 (1) | |
| M | 5 | 182 (17–301) | 72 (5) | 67 (4) | 65 (3) | 15 (3) | 14 (3) | ||
| 2005 | F | 2 | 221 (159–283) | 45 (2) | 60 (2) | 60 (2) | 62 (2) | 16 (2) | |
| Total | 38 | 82 (7–301) | 530 | 603 | 395 | 202 | 46 | ||
| Chukchi | 1998 | M | 5 | 54 (11–99) | 74 (5) | 88 (3) | 31 (3) | 7 (1) | |
| 1999 | F | 1 | 73 | 14 (1) | 28 (1) | 10 (1) | |||
| M | 3 | 75 (56–86) | 80 (3) | 62 (3) | 42 (2) | ||||
| 2001 | F | 3 | 91 (18–146) | 57 (3) | 56 (2) | 59 (2) | 53 (2) | 25 (1) | |
| M | 5 | 75 (16–153) | 91 (5) | 79 (4) | 60 (3) | 62 (2) | 47 (2) | ||
| 2002 | F | 1 | 68 | 12 (1) | 16 (1) | 7 (1) | |||
| M | 3 | 64 (46–82) | 27 (3) | 39 (3) | 17 (2) | ||||
| 2007 | F | 2 | 130 (126–134) | 57 (2) | 62 (2) | 58 (2) | 38 (2) | 13 (2) | |
| M | 1 | 521 | 28 (1) | 31 (1) | 30 (1) | 31 (1) | 30 (1) | ||
| 2008 | Ma | 1 | 31 (1) | 31 (1) | 30 (1) | 31 (1) | 30 (1) | ||
| 2010 | M | 2 | 133 (101–164) | 59 (2) | 61 (2) | 60 (2) | 31 (2) | 17 (1) | |
| 2012 | F | 1 | 313 | 22 (1) | 31 (1) | 30 (1) | 31 (1) | 31 (1) | |
| Total | 27 | 105 (27–521) | 552 | 584 | 434 | 284 | 193 | ||
aThe Chukchi male tagged in 2007 transmitted >18 months, providing locations during July-November 2008 as well as 2007.