THE EFFECT OF VESSEL NOISE ON THE VOCAL BEHAVIOR OF BELUGAS IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER ESTUARY, CANADA

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Lesage, Véronique, Barrette, Cyrille, Kingsley, Michael C. S., Sjare, Becky
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Canada; Lawrence River; Beluga*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00782.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.1999.tb00782.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00782.x

A bstract During June‐July 1991, we monitored the vocal behavior of belugas before, during, and after exposure to noise from a small motorboat and a ferry to determine if there were any consistent patterns in their vocal behavior when exposed to these two familiar, but different sources of potential...