Seasonal Trends in Acoustic Detection of Marine Mammals in Baffin Bay and Melville Bay, Northwest Greenland + Supplementary Appendix 1 (See Article Tools)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Frouin-Mouy, Héloïse, Kowarski, Katie, Martin, Bruce, Bröker, Koen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2017
• Subjects: northwest Greenland; Baffin Bay; Melville Bay; passive acoustic monitoring; sperm whales; narwhals; long-finned pilot whales; bearded seals; bowhead whales; beluga whales; narwhal clicks; beluga clicks; nord-ouest du Groenland; baie de Baffin; baie Melville; suivi acoustique passif; cachalots; narvals; globicéphales; phoques barbus; baleines boréales; bélugas; clics de narvals; clics de bélugas; Baie de Baffin; Greenland; Phoques; Arctic; Baffin; Balaena mysticetus; bearded seal; Beluga; Beluga*; Béluga*; bowhead whale; Delphinapterus leucas; Erignathus barbatus; Groenland; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Physeter macrocephalus; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67670

The expansion of hydrocarbon exploration in northwest Greenland has made it increasingly important to understand the occurrence of marine mammals in the region. We describe the seasonal occurrence of marine mammals and the spatial distribution of their calls in Baffin Bay and Melville Bay. Four Auto...