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George, J. C. , J. Zeh, R. Suydam, and C. Clark. 2004. Abundance and population trend (1978-2001) of the western Arctic bowhead whales surveyed near Barrow, Alaska. Marine Mammal Science 20:755-773.

Clark, C. W. and W. T. Ellison. 2000.
Calibration and comparison of the acoustic location methods used during the spring migration of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, off Pt. Barrow, Alaska, 1984-1993. J. Acous. Soc. Am. 107(6):3509-3517.

Clark, C. W. , R. Charif, S. Mitchell, and J. Colby. 1996.
Distribution and behavior of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, based on analysis of acoustic data collected during the 1993 spring migration off Point Barrow, Alaska. Rep. int. Whal. Commn. 46:541-552. 
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Wursig, B., and C. W. Clark. 1993.
Behavior. In J. Burns, J. Montague, and C. J. Cowles (Eds.), The Bowhead Whale. pp 157-199. Allen Press, Lawrence, KS: The Society for Marine Mammalogy.

Zeh, J. E., C. W. Clark, J. C. George, D. Withrow, G. M. Carroll, and W. R. Koski. 1993.
Current Population Size and Dynamics. In J. Burns, J. Montague, and C. J. Cowles (Eds.), The Bowhead Whale, pp 409-489. Allen Press, Lawrence, KS: The Society for Marine Mammalogy.

Clark, C. W., and J. L. Bower. 1992.
Intercall intervals and acoustic tracks of bowhead whales off Point Barrow, Alaska, based on passive acoustics. Abstract (SC/43/PS20) published in Rep. int. Whal. Commn. 42:761.

Clark, C. W., J. L. Bower, L. M. Brown, and W. T. Ellison. 1992.
Received levels for bowhead whale sounds recorded off Point Barrow, Alaska in spring 1988: preliminary results. Abstract (SC/43/PS21) published in Rep. int. Whal. Commn. 42:761.

Clark, C. W., L. M. Brown, K. von der Heydt, A. Baggeroer, and I. Dyer. 1992.
Acoustic detections of bowhead whales from the East Greenland-Spitsbergen stock in spring 1989. Abstract (SC/43/PS19) published in Rep. int. Whal. Commn. 42:760-761.

Zeh, J. E., A. E. Rafferty, J. C. George, and C. W. Clark. 1992.
A review of bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, population estimation methods and results, 1978-1986. Abstract (SC/43/PS7), Rep. int. Whal. Commn. 42:759.

Clark, C. W. 1990.
Acoustic tracks of migrating bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, off Point Barrow, Alaska based on vocal characteristics. Abstract (SC/41/PS6) published in Rep. int. Whal. Commn. 40:596-597.

Clark, C. W. 1989.
Call tracks of bowhead whales based on call characteristics as an independent means of determining tracking parameters. Report of the sub-committee on protected species and aboriginal subsistence whaling, Appendix. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 39:111-112.

Clark, C. W. and W. T. Ellison. 1989.
Numbers and distributions of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, based on the 1986 acoustic study off Pt. Barrow, Alaska. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 39:297-303.

George, J. C., C. Clark, G. M. Carroll, and W. T. Ellison. 1989.
Observations on the ice-breaking and ice navigation behavior of migrating bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) near Point Barrow, Alaska, spring 1985. Arctic Journal 42:24-30.

Clark, C. W. 1988.
Singing in the ice. The Living Bird Quarterly 4:10-16.

Clark, C. W. and W. T. Ellison. 1988.
Numbers and distributions of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, based on the 1985 acoustic study off Pt. Barrow, Alaska. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 38:312-320.

Clark, C. W., W. T. Ellison, K. and Beeman. 1987.
Progress report on the analysis of the spring 1985 acoustic data regarding migrating bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, near Point Barrow, Alaska. Rep. Int Whal. Commn. 37:395.

Ellison, W. T., C. W. Clark, and G. C. Bishop. 1987.
Potential use of surface reverberation by bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, in under-ice navigation: preliminary considerations. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 37:329-332.

Ellison, W. T., R. M. Sonntag, and C. W. Clark. 1987.
Comparison of measured bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, migration parameters with results from the tracking algorithm. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 37:309-312.

Clark, C. W., Ellison, W. T., Beeman, K. 1986.
Acoustic tracking and distribution of migrating bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, off Point Barrow, Alaska in the spring of 1984. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 36:502.

Clark, C. W., W. T. Ellison, and K. Beeman. 1986.
Acoustic tracking of migrating bowhead whales. Oceans 86, IEEE Oceanic Eng. Soc., New York. pp. 341-346.

Sonntag, R. M., W. T. Ellison, C. W. Clark, D. R. Corbit & B. D. Krogman. 1986.
A description of a tracking algorithm and its implications to bowhead whale acoustic location data collected during the spring migration near Point Barrow, Alaska 1984-1985. Rep. Int. Whal. Commn. 36:299-310.

Clark, C. W. and Johnson, J. H. 1984.
The sounds of the bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus, during the spring migrations of 1979 and 1980. Can. J. Zool. 62:1436-1441.