[Dataset] Narwhals react to ship noise and airgun pulses embedded in background noise

• Main Authors: Tervo, Outi, Blackwell, Susanna B., Ditlevsen, Susanne, Conrad, Alexander S., Samson, Adeline, Garde, Eva, Hansen, Rikke, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: DRYAD 2021
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Scoresby; East Greenland; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Scoresby Sound
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/dataset-narwhals-react-to-ship-noise-and-airgun-pulses-embedded-in-background-noise(bdc42532-1c97-46c4-8cf8-2d44f621c611).html; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.000000046

Anthropogenic activities are increasing in the Arctic posing a threat to species with high seasonal site-fidelity, such as the narwhal Monodon monoceros. In this controlled sound exposure study, six narwhals were live-captured and instrumented with animal-borne tags providing movement and behavioura...