Measuring potential anthropogenic impacts on Icelandic killer whales (Orcinus Orca) through scar-based analysis

• Main Author: Lionnet, Laetitia Anne Marie Gabrielle, 1995-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Akureyri
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Háskólasetur Vestfjarða; Haf- og strandsvæðastjórnun; Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Sjávarvistfræði; Skaðsemisábyrgð; Háhyrningur; University centre of the Westfjords; Coastal and marine management; Orca; Human marine activities; Haf; Iceland; Killer Whale; Orcinus orca; Killer whale
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/36275

Verkefnið er lokað til 17.06.2021. Human marine activities around the world have been increasingly noticed as responsible for negative impacts on marine animals. Through a photographic analysis, the scars on Icelandic killer whale dorsal fins and saddle patches were counted and classified, in order...