Data from: Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour
Noise from shipping activity in North Atlantic coastal waters has been steadily increasing and is an area of growing conservation concern, as it has the potential to disrupt the behaviour of marine organisms. This study examines the impacts of ship noise on bottom foraging humpback whales (Megaptera...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:94579 2023-07-02T03:31:46+02:00 Data from: Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour Blair, Hannah B. Merchant, Nathan D. Friedlaender, Ari S. Wiley, David N. Parks, Susan E. 2016-07-11T18:25:33.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-18-0r3e https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:94579 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.18637/1 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2016.0005 PMID:27512131 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-18-0r3e doi:10.5061/dryad.18637 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:94579 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2016 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.18637/110.1098/rsbl.2016.000510.5061/dryad.18637 2023-06-13T12:39:53Z Noise from shipping activity in North Atlantic coastal waters has been steadily increasing and is an area of growing conservation concern, as it has the potential to disrupt the behaviour of marine organisms. This study examines the impacts of ship noise on bottom foraging humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the western North Atlantic. Data were collected from 10 foraging whales using non-invasive archival tags that simultaneously recorded underwater movements and the acoustic environment at the whale. Using mixed models, we assess the effects of ship noise on seven parameters of their feeding behaviours. Independent variables included the presence or absence of ship noise and the received level of ship noise at the whale. We found significant effects on foraging, including slower descent rates and fewer side-roll feeding events per dive with increasing ship noise. During 5 of 18 ship passages, dives without side-rolls were observed. These findings indicate that humpback whales on Stellwagen Bank, an area with chronically elevated levels of shipping traffic, significantly change foraging activity when exposed to high levels of ship noise. This measureable reduction in within-dive foraging effort of individual whales could potentially lead to population-level impacts of shipping noise on baleen whale foraging success. Other/Unknown Material baleen whale Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae North Atlantic Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Blair, Hannah B. Merchant, Nathan D. Friedlaender, Ari S. Wiley, David N. Parks, Susan E. Data from: Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour |
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Noise from shipping activity in North Atlantic coastal waters has been steadily increasing and is an area of growing conservation concern, as it has the potential to disrupt the behaviour of marine organisms. This study examines the impacts of ship noise on bottom foraging humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the western North Atlantic. Data were collected from 10 foraging whales using non-invasive archival tags that simultaneously recorded underwater movements and the acoustic environment at the whale. Using mixed models, we assess the effects of ship noise on seven parameters of their feeding behaviours. Independent variables included the presence or absence of ship noise and the received level of ship noise at the whale. We found significant effects on foraging, including slower descent rates and fewer side-roll feeding events per dive with increasing ship noise. During 5 of 18 ship passages, dives without side-rolls were observed. These findings indicate that humpback whales on Stellwagen Bank, an area with chronically elevated levels of shipping traffic, significantly change foraging activity when exposed to high levels of ship noise. This measureable reduction in within-dive foraging effort of individual whales could potentially lead to population-level impacts of shipping noise on baleen whale foraging success. |
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Blair, Hannah B. Merchant, Nathan D. Friedlaender, Ari S. Wiley, David N. Parks, Susan E. |
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Blair, Hannah B. Merchant, Nathan D. Friedlaender, Ari S. Wiley, David N. Parks, Susan E. |
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Data from: Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour |
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Data from: Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour |
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Data from: Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour |
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Data from: Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour |
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Data from: Evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour |
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data from: evidence for ship noise impacts on humpback whale foraging behaviour |
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baleen whale Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae North Atlantic |
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baleen whale Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae North Atlantic |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.18637/1 doi:10.1098/rsbl.2016.0005 PMID:27512131 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-18-0r3e doi:10.5061/dryad.18637 https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:94579 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.18637/110.1098/rsbl.2016.000510.5061/dryad.18637 |
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