Licence #2604

Régions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region

étiquettes: biology, zooplankton, hydrology, human disturbance, whale, animal behaviour, bowhead whales, species abundance, traffic

chercheur principal: Richardson, W. John (4)
Nᵒ de permis: 2604
Organisation: LGL Ltd. Environmental Research Associates
Année(s) de permis: 1980
Délivré: janv. 01, 1980
Équipe de projet: M.A.Fraker, P. McLaren, W.Renaud, B.Wursig, A. Sekerak, K. Hazard, G. Silber, P. Thomas, W. Griffiths

Objectif(s): Four Basic Objectives: a) To document the normal behaviour patterns of the bowhead whale; b) Determine type and quantity of responses if any, of bowheads to boats and aircraft passing at various distances; c) Determine the type and quantity of responses if any, of bowheads to underwater playbacks of recorded industrial noises; d) Determine and ocmpare the physical characteristics of water and zooplnakton abuncance in feeding and non-feeding areas.