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Effects of a scientific echo sounder on the behavior of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus)
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dc.contributor.author | Quick, Nicola | |
dc.contributor.author | Scott-Hayward, Lindesay | |
dc.contributor.author | Sadykova, Dinara | |
dc.contributor.author | Nowacek, Doug | |
dc.contributor.author | Read, Andrew | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-26T11:30:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-26T11:30:17Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-05 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Quick , N , Scott-Hayward , L , Sadykova , D , Nowacek , D & Read , A 2017 , ' Effects of a scientific echo sounder on the behavior of short-finned pilot whales ( Globicephala macrorhynchus ) ' , Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences , vol. 74 , no. 5 , pp. 716-726 . https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0293 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0706-652X | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 246059868 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 6faaa878-a9ec-4189-952c-8fb665a29193 | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 85021161805 | |
dc.identifier.other | WOS: 000400011100008 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-3402-533X/work/73700885 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/9555 | |
dc.description | This work was supported by award RC-2154 from the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and funding from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Atlantic and NOAA Fisheries, Southeast Region. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Active echo sounding devices are often employed for commercial or scientific purposes in the foraging habitats of marine mammals. We conducted an experiment off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA, to assess whether the behavior of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) changed when exposed to an EK60 scientific echo sounder. We attached digital acoustic recording tags (DTAGs) to nine individuals, five of which were exposed. A hidden Markov model to characterize diving states with and without exposure provided no evidence for a change in foraging behavior. However, generalized estimating equations to model changes in heading variance over the entire tag record under all experimental conditions showed a consistent increase in heading variance during exposure over all values of depth and pitch. This suggests that regardless of behavioral state, the whales changed their heading more frequently when the echo sounder was active. This response could represent increased vigilance in which whales maintained awareness of echo sounder location by increasing their heading variance and provides the first quantitative analysis on reactions of cetaceans to a scientific echo sounder. | |
dc.format.extent | 11 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | en |
dc.rights | © 2016, the Author(s). This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at www.nrcresearchpress.com/journal/cjfas / https://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0293 | en |
dc.subject | Echo sounder | en |
dc.subject | Pilot whales | en |
dc.subject | Behavioural response | en |
dc.subject | Hidden Markov model | en |
dc.subject | GEE | en |
dc.subject | GE Environmental Sciences | en |
dc.subject | QA Mathematics | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 14 - Life Below Water | en |
dc.subject.lcc | GE | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QA | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | Effects of a scientific echo sounder on the behavior of short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Postprint | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Statistics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Mathematics and Statistics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2016-0293 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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