ARCTIC Observations on the Behavioral Responses of Bowhead Whales (Balaena mysticetus) to Active Geophysical Vessels in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea

• Main Authors: Donald K. Ljungblad, Bernd Wursig, Steven L. Swartz, James M. Keene
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1988
• Subjects: Arctic; Mer de Beaufort; Balaena mysticetus; Beaufort Sea; bowhead whale; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.514.8880; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic41-3-183.pdf

ABSTRACT. The responses of bowhead whales to controlled approaches by geophysical vessels producing airgun blasts were observed during the course of four field experiments conducted in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea in September 1984. Behavioral responses included shorter surfacing and dive times, fewer b...