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    The use of remote sensing in monitoring blue whale habitat features – a literature review

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    Date

    2021

    Author

    Leclerc, Jessica

    Degree

    Honours Bachelor of Environmental Management

    Discipline

    Natural Resources Management

    Subject

    Acoustic remote sensing
    Satellite remote sensing
    Sea surface temperature
    Chlorophyll-a
    Blue whale (habitat, population)

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    Quickly changing environmental factors due to climate change are expected to have devastating consequences on blue whale populations. The use of acoustic and satellite remote sensing permits the monitoring of environmental factors essential to blue whale habitat. Determining areas with established levels of prey abundance, chlorophyll-a concentration, sea surface temperature, and bathymetric features has the potential to identify biological hotspots for blue whales. This thesis is a literature review of the use of acoustic and satellite remote sensing when monitoring blue whale habitat features. With climate change increasingly altering know blue whale habitats, conservation efforts must be made to maintain blue whale population levels.

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    http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/4790

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