Annual, seasonal, and diel patterns in blue whale call occurrence off eastern Canada

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: JE Wingfield, B Rubin, J Xu, JE Stanistreet, HB Moors-Murphy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2022
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Canada; The Gully; Blue whale
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01204; https://doaj.org/article/3676c0db047841c7b5df725b90b4fbad

Little is known about the year-round occurrence of blue whales in Atlantic Canadian waters. We used passive acoustic monitoring to investigate blue whale call presence and increase our understanding of year-round blue whale occurrence along the eastern edge of the Scotian Shelf, Nova Scotia, Canada....