Responses of Marine Mammals to Vessel Noise

Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region

étiquettes: physical sciences, beluga whale, marine mammals, whale, impact analysis, noise pollution, noise, shipping route

chercheur principal: Cosens, Susan (8)
Nᵒ de permis: 12071
Organisation: Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Année(s) de permis: 1993 1992
Délivré: janv. 01, 1992
Équipe de projet: L. Dueck; R. Seepaul; two assistants from Sachs Harbour; one student

Objectif(s): To test playback as a method of studying responses of beluga whales to underwater vessel noise; to conduct a playback experiment with beluga whales along ice edge in the Beaufort Sea and quantify responses to underwater noise.

Description du projet: The research will test playback as a method of studying responses of beluga whales to underwater vessel noise.