Polar Biol DOI 10.1007/s00300-012-1276-2 ORIGINAL PAPER Monitoring white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) with echolocation loggers

Abstract Monitoring programmes for white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) have been called for repeatedly in recent years because this species is likely to be negatively impacted by climate change, but also because such a broadly dispersed, high trophic feeder can serve as an effective ecosystem senti...

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Main Authors: Manuel Castellote, Ruth H. Leeney, Rauno Lauhakangas, Kit M. Kovacs, William Lucey, Vera Krasnova, Christian Lydersen, Kathleen M. Stafford, Roman Belikov, M. Castellote, Parques Reunidos, Valencia S. A. L’oceanogràfic, R. H. Leeney
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
Subjects:
Arctic
Climate change
Delphinapterus leucas
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.297.4132
http://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/protectedresources/whales/beluga/yakutat/echolocationlog_castellote_etal1112.pdf
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Summary:Abstract Monitoring programmes for white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) have been called for repeatedly in recent years because this species is likely to be negatively impacted by climate change, but also because such a broadly dispersed, high trophic feeder can serve as an effective ecosystem sentinel. Arctic ecosystems are difficult to monitor because of the extensive winter ice coverage and extreme environmental conditions in addition to low human population densities. However, passive acoustic monitoring has proved to be a reliable method to remotely Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00300-012-1276-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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