Local Passive Acoustic Monitoring of Narwhal Presence in the Canadian Arctic: A Pilot Project

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Marcoux, Marianne, Auger-Méthé, Marie, Chmelnitsky, Elly G., Ferguson, Steven H., Humphries, Murray M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2011
• Subjects: animal behaviour; automated detection; Baffin Island; marine mammal; narwhal; participatory monitoring; comportement animal; détection automatique; île de Baffin; mammifère marin; narval; surveillance participative; Arctic; Repulse Bay; Île de Baffin; Koluktoo Bay; Baffin; inuit; inuits; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67168

Long-term community-based monitoring of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) is needed because narwhals are important to local Inuit and are facing changes in their environment. We examined the suitability of passive acoustic recording for monitoring narwhals, using data gathered in the Canadian Arctic from...