Mapping Arctic cetaceans from space: A case study for beluga and narwhal.

• Published in: PLOS ONE
• Main Authors: Bertrand Charry, Emily Tissier, John Iacozza, Marianne Marcoux, Cortney A Watt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Baffin Island; Canada; Tremblay; Tremblay Sound; Clearwater Fiord; Baffin; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0254380; https://doaj.org/article/5d812b30c8f74b9d94558714ee8b0cb0

Emergence of new technologies in remote sensing give scientists a new way to detect and monitor wildlife populations. In this study we assess the ability to detect and classify two emblematic Arctic cetaceans, the narwhal (Monodon monoceros) and beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), using very high-...