Evidence-informed conservation policies: Mitigating vessel noise within gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) foraging habitat in British Columbia, Canada [graduate project].

• Main Author: Moore, Kendra
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Anthropogenic noise; passive acoustic monitoring; whale watching; gray whale; evidence-informed decision-making; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; baleen whale; baleen whales
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/72693

Anthropogenic noise is increasing within our oceans from growing human use. This rise in the ambient soundscape of the marine environment is increasing pressure on the life processes and health of marine animals. Cetaceans rely on the use sound for their life processes, and are thereby particularly...