Acoustic monitoring of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas): spatio-temporal habitat preference and geographic variation in Canadian populations

• Main Author: Booy, Karyn
• Other Authors: Marcoux, Marianne (Biological Sciences; Fisheries and Oceans Canada) Hare, James (Biological Sciences), Fletcher, Quinn (University of Winnipeg), Ferguson, Steven (Biological Sciences: Fisheries and Oceans Canada)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Beluga; Acoustic monitoring; Habitat preference; Cumberland Sound; St. Lawrence Estuary; Western Hudson Bay; Eastern High Arctic-Baffin Bay; Eastern Beaufort Sea; Automated detector; Beluga vocalizations; Passive acoustic monitoring; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Canada; Clearwater Fiord; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Baffin; Beaufort Sea; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/33311

Acoustic monitoring is an effective means by which to study cetaceans, such as beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), and can be useful in determining habitat preference and geographic variation among populations. Acoustic monitoring data were analyzed using a combination of automated detection and...