Center of Expertise in Marine Mammology: Scientific Research Report 2012-2014

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Message from the Director of CEMAM
• The 2013 High Arctic Cetacean Survey
• St. Lawrence Estuary Beluga
• Predator-borne Acoustic Transceivers and GPS Tracking Reveal Encounters with Acoustically Tagged Free-ranging Marine Fish
• Long-term Measures of Reproductive Performance Reveal Marked Variation in Fitness in Grey Seals
• Year-round Atlas of Shipping Noise: The PSSEL Model
• Climate Related Changes in the Quality and Availability of Land Fast Sea Ice Suitable for Breeding Ringed Seals Along the Coast of Labrador
• Belugas and Ringed Seals: Indicators of Ecosystem Change in the Beaufort Sea
• The Impact of Climate Change on Reproduction in an Ice-dependent Species, the Northwest Atlantic Harp Seal
• Publications 2012-2014

Acknowledgements

This publication was made possible by the many DFO marine mammal scientists from across Canada providing input and guidance. We acknowledge support staff, reviewers and all those who made valuable contributions toward the production of this publication. In addition, we thank Christine Abraham for her hard work in compiling the report. Specifically, we would like to thank the contributors who provided the text for this publication:

• Don Bowen, Research Scientist, Halifax, NS
• Thomas Doniol-Valcroze, Biologist, Mont-Joli, QC
• Mike Hammill, Research Scientist, Mont-Joli, QC
• Lois Harwood, Biologist, Yellowknife, NWT
• Véronique Lesage, Research Scientist, Mont-Joli, QC
• Yvan Simard, Research Scientist, Mont-Joli, QC
• Becky Sjare, Research Scientist, St. John’s, NL
• Garry Stenson, Research Scientist, St. John’s, NL