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Agent-based modelling reveals a disproportionate exposure of females and calves to a local increase in shipping and associated noise in an endangered beluga population

2021
Open Access Research Article

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Chion, C., Bonnell, T., Lagrois, D., Michaud, R., Lesage, V., Dupuch, A., McQuinn, I.H., Turgeon, S.

Assessment of impact of shipping noise on St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga population in advance of expected threefold increase In shipping traffic within critical habitat. Use of...
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Keywords: Agent-based model, Exposure differentiation, St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga population

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)

2017
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Ecological Modelling

Chion, C., Lagrois, D., Dupras, J., Turgeon, S., McQuinn, I. H., Michaud, R., Ménard, N. and Parrott, L.

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...
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Keywords: Acoustic modelling, Agent-based model, Coupled human-natural system, Endangered species conservation, Human wildlife interactions, Individual-based model, Marine protected area, Noise in the environment, Underwater acoustic impact assessments, Whale ecology