Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: biology, zooplankton, hydrology, human disturbance, whale, animal behaviour, bowhead whales, species abundance, traffic
Principal Investigator: | Richardson, W. John (4) |
Licence Number: | 2604 |
Organization: | LGL Ltd. Environmental Research Associates |
Licensed Year(s): |
1980
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Issued: | Jan 01, 1980 |
Project Team: | M.A.Fraker, P. McLaren, W.Renaud, B.Wursig, A. Sekerak, K. Hazard, G. Silber, P. Thomas, W. Griffiths |
Objective(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.