Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: biology, beluga whale, marine mammals, human disturbance, whale, noise pollution
| Principal Investigator: | Cosens, Susan (8) |
| Licence Number: | 12350 |
| Organization: | Department of Fisheries and Oceans |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1993
1992
1991
1990
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1993 |
| Project Team: | L. Dueck, R. Seepaul plus two assistants from Sachs Harbour |
Objective(s): To study whether underwater shipping noise interferes with beluga communication; to record whale sounds using a hydrophone array; to measure the sounds' source dB levels in relation to normal background noise and underwater vessel noise.
Project Description: In this final year of study, the researcher will be recording whale sounds as well as `normal' underwater sounds (background noise) and underwater sounds that boats make. The purpose of this research is to determine whether the sounds of boats interfere with the communication that occurs between beluga. The field crew will camp at Cape Lambton and make day trips to the recording sites out on the ice.
