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EIA Database

Behavioral and physiological response of baleen whales to ships and ship noise

Open Access Report

Cascadia Research Collective

John Calambokidis, Brandon Southall, Jeremy Goldbogen, Megan McKenna, Erin Oleson

This study began in late 2013 with the primary goal of examining the behavioral and physiological response of baleen whales to ships and ship noise off...
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Keywords: Baleen whales, Research, Ship noise, Sonar, Vessel traffic

Vessel traffic disrupts the foraging behaviour of southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca.

2009
Open Access Peer Reviewed Publication

Endangered Species Research

Lusseau, D., Bain, D. E., Williams, R. and Smith, J. C.

Vessel traffic may have contributed to southern resident killer whales Orcinus orca becoming endangered. To determine the importance of this threat, we measured the behavior of...
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Keywords: Foraging behaviour, Killer whales, Vessel traffic