Using a Geospatial Approach to Evaluate the Impacts of Shipping Activity on Marine Mammals and Fish in Arctic Canada

• Main Author: Joyce, Jenna
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa 2018
• Subjects: Canadian Arctic; Ship traffic; Marine mammal; Fish; Underwater noise; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Nunavut; Canada; Northwest Passage; Rasmussen; Bathurst Inlet; Gulf of Boothia; Franklin Strait; Rae Strait; Rasmussen Basin; Rae; Climate change; Kitikmeot; Northwest passage; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-22039; http://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/37777

A loss in sea ice cover, primarily attributed to climate change, is increasing the accessibility and navigability of the Arctic Ocean. This increased accessibility of the Canadian Arctic, and in particular the Northwest Passage, presents important global and national shipping and development opportu...