c. undisturbed ("normal"--baseline) whale behavior--by age, sex, group size, group composition, time of day, season, location (descriptive and quantitative)
1. resting dive times/breathing a. vocalization 2. traveling 1. 3. feeding 2. i. lunge-feeding 3. ii. bubble net-feeding " iii. other b. tail lob c. raking d. finning e. breaching f. avoidance g. other
4. interaction with other whales/social organization of whales
d. disturbed whale behavior--stimulus/response--behavior (as above) before, during and after an event--response distance (by age, sex, pre-event activity, location, time between events, time of day, season, weather, etc.)--recovery time (by age, sex, etc.).
a. distribution and abundance in Glacier Bay and surrounding areas--by type (class), year, season, time of day, weather
b. movements/use patterns--by type, year, etc.
c. activities (behavior)--by type, year, etc. 1. whale watching 2. fishing (sport/commercial)
III. =Habitat= (physical, chemical, biological environment--by year, season, etc.)
a. physical--water temperature, sediment load
b. chemical--salinity, oxygen content, inorganic nutrient, pollutants
c. biological 1. distribution and abundance of primary and secondary prey species--by year, season, time of day 2. distribution, size, and species composition of fish catch, including by-catch--by year and season 3. distribution and abundance of predators (killer whales) and competitors other than man--by year, season, time of day, etc.
a. ambient noise levels--representative areas (in and outside Bay), seasons, time of day, weather and tide conditions, sea state
b. boat- and plane-related noise--representative types, representative areas (in and outside Bay), speed (prop rpm), season, time of day, sea state
f. habitat requirement/areas of special significance
III. =Boats and Planes=--in and outside the Bay
a. abundance--by type, season, time of day
1. distribution, abundance and dynamics of primary and secondary prey species--in and outside the Bay
2. distribution, size and species composition of fish catch--in and outside the Bay
3. distribution, abundance and movements of competing and predatory species
C. Experiments to validate hypothesis concerning possible effects of various stimuli on whales--representative stimuli, representative whales (age, sex), representative activities/behaviors (resting, feeding, traveling, vocalizing, etc.), representative areas, seasons, times of day, weather and environmental conditions.