Browsing by Subject "cetaceans"
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Choreography on the Sea: Decision Making, Synchrony, and Formations in Groups of Long-finned Pilot Whales
(2024-08-31)The goal of my thesis is to improve our understanding of the group lives of social cetaceans through the quantitative exploration of collective decision making, synchrony and formations in long-finned pilot whales (hereafter ... -
Kinship in Sperm Whale Society: Effects on Association, Alloparental Care and Vocalizations
(2017-12-14)The overarching goal of my thesis is to characterize the relationship between kinship and social behaviour in a species with a cooperative, multilevel social structure – the sperm whale. To do so, I use a combination of ... -
NORTHERN BOTTLENOSE WHALES IN CANADA: THE STORY OF EXPLOITATION, CONSERVATION, AND RECOVERY
(2021-08-10)Many populations of cetaceans are still recovering from the impacts of whaling and face ongoing, and sometimes increasing, human stressors. However, due to their slow reproductive life history, monitoring trends and responses ... -
Shipping and Seismic Exploration Noise in the Arctic Marine Soundscape: A look at Mitigation Measures for Cetaceans [graduate project].
(2015-11-23)Increasing levels of anthropogenic noise in the Arctic marine soundscape can have negative effects on cetaceans that have adapted to a relatively pristine acoustic environment and are unaccustomed to the loud, low frequency ...