Underwater acoustic impacts of shipping management measures: Results from a social-ecological model of boat and whale movements in the St. Lawrence River Estuary (Canada)

• Main Authors: Chion, Clément, Lagrois, Dominic, Dupras, Jérôme, Turgeon, Samuel, McQuinn, Ian H., Michaud, Robert, Ménard, Nadia, Parrott, Lael
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: WBI Studies Repository 2017
• Subjects: Animal Studies; Nature and Society Relations; Population Biology; Canada; Lawrence River; baleen whales; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/antpdec/13; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tomas_tom_Tomascik/post/Does_anyone_know_any_works_concerning_the_distance_of_influence_of_marine_pressures_from_maritime_activities_in_the_marine_environment/attachment/5b8d990f3843b0067537977b/AS%3A666873389649920%401536006414825/download/Chion+et+al+2017+Underwater+acoustic+impacts+of+shipping+managemnt+measures+Eco+Mod+354+72-87.pdf

The recovery of whale species at risk requires the implementation of protection measures designed to mitigate the risks posed by various stressors. In the St. Lawrence Estuary (Canada), several whale species are threatened by navigation activities in various ways. Since 2013, seasonal voluntary ship...