The effect of vessel noise on the vocal behavior of belugas in the St. Lawrence River estuary, Canada

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-84

  Lesage, Véronique ^a,c   Barrette, Cyrille ^a   Kingsley, Michael C S ^b   Sjare, Becky ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavior; Beluga; Delphinapterus leucas; Disturbance; Noise; Odontocete; St. Lawrence River; Vocalization; Whale

Indexed keywords

NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; UNDERWATER NOISE; VESSEL; VOCALIZATION; WHALE;

CANADA; QUEBEC; ST LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 0032892599     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00782.x     Document Type: Article

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