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Investigating thermal physiology in large whales via aerial infrared thermography
Investigating thermal physiology in large whales via aerial infrared thermography
dc.contributor.author | Lonati, Gina | |
dc.contributor.author | Zitterbart, Daniel | |
dc.contributor.author | Miller, Carolyn A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Corkeron, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Murphy, Christin T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Moore, Michael J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-14T14:25:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-14T13:58:34Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-14T14:25:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-04-23 | |
dc.description.abstract | The critically endangered status of North Atlantic right whales (NARWs, Eubalaena glacialis) warrants the development of new, less invasive technology to monitor the health of individuals. Combined with advancements in remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS, commonly “drones”), infrared thermography (IRT) is being increasingly used to detect and count marine mammals and study their physiology. We conducted RPAS-based IRT over NARWs in Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts, USA in 2017 and 2018. Observations demonstrated three particularly useful applications of RPAS-based IRT to study large whales: 1) exploring patterns of cranial heat loss and providing insight into the physiological mechanisms that produce these patterns; 2) tracking subsurface individuals in real-time (depending on the thermal stratification of the water column) using cold surface water anomalies resulting from fluke upstrokes; and 3) detecting natural changes in superficial blood circulation or diagnosing pathology based on hot anomalies on post-cranial body surfaces. These qualitative applications present a new, important opportunity to study and monitor large whales, particularly rare and at-risk species like NARWs. Despite the challenges of using this technology in aquatic environments, the applications of RPAS-based IRT for monitoring the health and behavior of endangered marine mammals, including the collection of quantitative data on thermal physiology, will continue to diversify. | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.26025/1912/27049 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1912/27616 | |
dc.publisher | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | en_US |
dc.subject | Drone | en_US |
dc.subject | Cetacean | en_US |
dc.subject | Health | en_US |
dc.subject | Temperature | en_US |
dc.subject | Right whale | en_US |
dc.title | Investigating thermal physiology in large whales via aerial infrared thermography | en_US |
dc.type | Dataset | en_US |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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