Frances C. Robertson: "Bowhead whales in the age of oil: Behavioral responses"

Frances will introduce the key issues surrounding the bowhead whale and industry in the Western Arctic and show how the subtle behavioral responses of bowhead whales to industry operations are often contextual and how not accounting for these subtle changes influences our understanding of bowhead distribution in areas ensonified by seismic sounds. Frances is a PhD candidate in the Marine Mammal Research Unit at the University of British Columbia.