Habour porpoises change behaviour when exposed to noise from small boats

Xiuqing Hao; Héloïse Hamel; Céline  Hagerup Grandjean; Ivan  Fedutin; Magnus  Wahlberg; Caitlin Kim Frankish; Jacob Nabe-Nielsen

Habour porpoises change behaviour when exposed to noise from small boats

Xiuqing Hao, Héloïse Hamel, Céline Hagerup Grandjean, Ivan Fedutin, Magnus Wahlberg^*, Caitlin Kim Frankish, Jacob Nabe-Nielsen^*

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Department of Ecoscience - Marine Mammal Research 1

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Recreational boating is increasingly popular, and noise from small boats may have strong impacts on the health of cetaceans. Although animals’ reactions to boat noise have been studied, this has not previously been done in controlled settings. Here, we investigated how noise from a small boat influenced harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) behavior. Observing porpoises with a drone, we collected their responses when passing animals at 10 and 20 knots. Porpoises started changing behavior when the boat was

Original language	English
Publication date	2022
Publication status	Unpublished - 2022
Event	British Ecological Society - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 18 Dec 2022 → 21 Dec 2022

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Conference	British Ecological Society
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	18/12/2022 → 21/12/2022

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Modeling Impacts of Ship Noise and Variations in Food Availability on Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Populations
Hao, X. (Participant) & Nabe-Nielsen, J. (Participant)
01/11/2020 → 30/04/2024
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British Ecological Society - BES
Hao, X. (Participant)
18 Dec 2022 → 21 Dec 2022
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Habour porpoises change behaviour when exposed to noise from small boats

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