Spatio-temporal distribution of beaked whales on Canada’s East Coast

Beaked whales represent some of the least understood marine mammals worldwide with the movements and distribution of many species largely unknown. Around eastern Canada current knowledge is limited to the eastern Scotian shelf and northern bottlenose whales. The acoustic signals of the beaked whale species are recognizable and sufficiently unique to be candidates for passive acoustic monitoring. Thirteen deep-water recorders located along the...