Physiological responses of narwhals to anthropogenic noise: a case study with seismic airguns and vessel traffic in the Arctic

• Main Authors: Williams, Terrie, Blackwell, Susanna, Tervo, Outi, Garde, Eva, Strander Sinding, Mikkel, Richter, Beau, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Scoresby; East Greenland; narwhal*; Scoresby Sound
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6657953; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.m0cfxpp69

Limited polar geographical range, narrowly defined migratory routes, and deep-diving behaviors make narwhals exceptionally vulnerable to anthropogenic disturbances including oceanic noise. Although behavioral studies indicate marked responses of cetaceans to disturbance, the link between fear reacti...