Seasonal patterns in acoustic detections of marine mammals near Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories

• Main Authors: Halliday, William D., Insley, Stephen J., de Jong, Tyler, Mouy, Xavier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Northwest Territories; Sachs Harbour; Beluga; Beluga*; Climate change; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/87661; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/AS-2017-0021

The Arctic is changing rapidly, leading to changes in habitat availability and increased anthropogenic disturbance. Information on the distribution of animals is needed as these changes occur. We examine seasonal presence of marine mammals in the western Canadian Arctic near Sachs Harbour, Northwest...