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

• 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; Clearwater Fiord; Tremblay; Tremblay Sound; Baffin; Beluga; Beluga whale; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/a0de7ff1c9a04ad292cb391d7cce12c4

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-...