Management of Whale Watching in Mysticetes
Management of Whale Watching in Ice Seals
Diseases in Mysticetes
Diseases in Ice Seals
Misc.
100
These are individuals most at risk for the effects of Whale Watching
Adolescents
Mature adults
Calves and pregnant females
What are calves and pregnant females?
100
Ice seals are most sensitive to disturbances during this life stage.
A) Pupping
B) Weaning
C) Juvenile
What is pupping?
100
The most common types of infections in mysticetes
Parasitic
Viral
Bacterial
What are parasitic infections?
100
This disease can transfer from seals to humans
Herpesvirus
Seal Influenza
Seal finger - through direct contact with bone
What is seal finger?
100
The family name of this marine mammal.
What is a baleen whale?
200
This is the mysticete species most affected by whale watching
Humpback whales
Bottlenose dolphins
Sperm whales
What are humpback whales?
200
Drone use is regulated near ice seals for this reason.
A) Blocks sunlight
C) Startles/disturbs seals
D) Attracts predators
What is startling seals?
200
This is the main environmental stressor that causes diseases
Pollution
Habitat degradation
Microplastics
What is habitat degradation?
200
This is a secondary infection from skin lesions that cause systemic illness
Alopecia
Septicemia
Brucellosis
What is Septicemia?
200
This is an example of an ice seal.
A) Harbor seal
B) Ringed seal
C) Sea lion
D) Elephant seal
What is the ringed seal?
300
This is NOT a major concern caused by whale watching
Exposure to underwater noise
Risk of boat collision
Tourists feeding whales
What are tourists feeding whales?
300
This seal response is NOT a sign of significant disturbance when viewing hauled-out seals.
A) Turning the body to face the observer
B) Briefly shuffling position on the ice
C) Raised head
D) Change in posture from lying to erect
What is a raised head?
300
Identify this disease
Pale patches disease
Ulcers disease
Tattoo skin disease
It’s not a disease it is a unique skin pattern
What is tattoo skin disease?
300
This toxin causes neurological damage in seals
Moronic acid
Saxitoxin
Squaric acid
Bastardane
What is Saxitoxin?
300
Ice seals rely on this feature of sea ice for resting, pupping, and avoiding predators.
A) Coral reefs
B) Breathing holes
C) Mangroves
D) Sandbanks
What is a breathing hole?
400
This is NOT a way that whale watching regulations should be improved
Requiring educational initiatives
Increasing regulations regarding distance of approach and speed of vessels
Increasing number of vessels allowed in an area
What are increasing number of vessels allowed in an area?
400
Repeated disturbances are particularly harmful to seals in cold environments for this reason.
A) They reduce oxygen levels
B) They increase energy use
C) They improve hunting success
D) They warm the ice
What is increased energy use?
400
This virus causes mass mortality events from pneumonia and brain disease
Cetacean Morbillivirus
Herpesvirus
Adenovirus
What is Cetacean Morbillivirus?
400
This disease particularly affects seal pups
Mouth rot
Parasitic worms
Seal finger
What is Mouth rot?
400
This is the largest species of ice seal
Bearded seal
Leopard seal
Wedded seal
What is the bearded seal?
500
What is NOT a sign of significant disturbance caused by whale watching
Suddenly altering course
Excessive breaching
Surfacing near vessel
What is surfacing near vessel?
500
The seal species most affected by whale-watching.
A) Weddell seal
B) Harbor seal
C) Crabeater seal
What is a harbor seal?
500
This infection is caused by lesions that become infected with sewage pollution
Dibromophenol infection
Sunburns
Witch’s Butter fungal infection
St. Vitus’s Dance infection
What is Witch's Butter fungal infection?
500
This spreads deadly parasites
Melting ice
Calmer waters
Smaller average pup size
What is melting ice?
500
Most endangered mysticetes species
North Atlantic right whale
Gray whale
Bowhead whale
What are the North Atlantic right whales?