Acoustic monitoring of Arctic top predators under abrupt climate change

• Project/Area Number: 24K02093
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 45040:Ecology and environment-related
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Podolskiy Evgeny 北海道大学, 北極域研究センター, 准教授 (80775536)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 三谷 曜子 京都大学, 野生動物研究センター, 教授 (40538279) ; 杉山 慎 北海道大学, 低温科学研究所, 教授 (20421951) ; 深町 康 北海道大学, 北極域研究センター, 教授 (20250508) ; 長谷川 浩平 北海道大学, 水産科学研究院, 助教 (30826558)
• Project Period (FY): 2024-04-01 – 2028-03-31
• Project Status: Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
• Budget Amount: ¥18,460,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,260,000); Fiscal Year 2027: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2026: ¥2,470,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥570,000); Fiscal Year 2025: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2024: ¥9,490,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,190,000)
• Keywords: acoustics / whale / Arctic / Greenland

Outline of Research at the Start

Narwhal is one of the most susceptible animals to climate change. The catastrophic decline of ice, increasing anthropogenic pressure, and warming are making its future uncertain. Therefore, for informed conservation we plan to conduct acoustic observations in Greenland on narwhals and their habitat.