Effects of shipping vessel traffic and vessel noise on the behaviour and distribution of Arctic marine mammals.

Régions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

étiquettes: biology, marine mammals, human disturbance, animal behaviour

chercheur principal: Cosens, Susan (8)
Nᵒ de permis: 7029
Organisation: Freshwater Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Année(s) de permis: 1987
Délivré: janv. 01, 1987
Équipe de projet: Larry Dueck - Biologist; 2 Arctic Bay residents (not yet hired)

Objectif(s): To document the behaviour and distribution of marine mammals in respones to underwater pre-recorded vessel noise and ice-breaking noise; examine the normal behaviour of marine mammals and responses to playback recordings of their own signals. The marine mammals for which these study objectives are primarily aimed at are narwhal, beluga, and bowhead whales.