Impact of whale-watching vessels on humpback whale calling behavior on an Icelandic foraging ground during the Covid-19 pandemic

Whale-watching vessels contribute to elevated ambient sound levels in marine habitats. The reduction in maritime tourism activities during the Covid-19 pandemic provided an unprecedented opportunity to study the acoustic response of marine mammals to noise associated with whale-watching activities....

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Marine Ecology Progress Series
Main Authors: Laute, Amelie, Grove, Thomas J., Rasmussen, Marianne H., Smith, Adam, Loisa, Olli, Fournet, Michelle E.H.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Anthropogenic noise
Calling behavior
Covid-19
Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
Vessel sound
Vessel traffic
Whale-watching
Skjálfandi
Humpback Whale
Iceland
Online Access:https://portal.findresearcher.sdu.dk/da/publications/7a8afc25-f821-46d8-9ea6-c2d14b6ec098
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14202

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