Using passive acoustics to identify a quiet winter foraging refuge for an endangered beluga whale population in Alaska

Cook Inlet beluga (CIB), Delphinapterus leucas, have not recovered from subsistence overharvest despite conservation efforts initiated in 2000. Reasons for this lack of recovery are still unclear with anthropogenic noise identified as a high threat in this population’s recovery plan. Baseline inform...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Marine Science
Main Authors:	Manuel Castellote, Verena A. Gill, Christopher D. Garner, Andrea J Gilstad, Benjamin X. Hou, Arial M. Brewer, Jessica M. Knoth
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-07-01
Subjects:	white whale F-POD endangered acoustics anthropogenic noise masking
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1393380/full