Mapping Arctic cetaceans from space: A case study for beluga and narwhal

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Charry, Bertrand, Tissier, Emily, Iacozza, John, Marcoux, Marianne, Watt, Cortney A.
• Other Authors: Halliday, William David, Whale Seeker
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Tremblay; Tremblay Sound; Clearwater Fiord; Baffin; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254380; https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254380

Emergence of new technologies in remote sensing give scientists a new way to detect and monitor wildlife populations. In this study we assess the ability to detect and classify two emblematic Arctic cetaceans, the narwhal ( Monodon monoceros ) and beluga whale ( Delphinapterus leucas ), using very h...