1. DOES LOOKING FOR OIL DISPLACE DEEP-DIVING CETACEANS? The effect of seismic surveys on sperm whale distribution in the Norwegian Sea Iva Kovacic & Benjamin Torres & Marta Acosta

2. Effects of seismic surveys on sperm whale distribution in the Norwegian Sea. 26th Conference of the ECS, Galway, Ireland. NORWAY: ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST OIL EXPORTERS RECENT INCREASE IN EXPLORATION EFFORT STUDIES ON POSSIBLE IMPACTS OF SEISMIC SURVEYS ON WHALES AND DOLPHINS: MOSTLY FOCUSED ON DIRECT EFFECTS EFFECTS ON FISH AND CEPHALOPODES BACKGROUND

3. Effects of seismic surveys on sperm whale distribution in the Norwegian Sea. 26th Conference of the ECS, Galway, Ireland.

4. STUDY SITE SPECIES Effects of seismic surveys on sperm whale distribution in the Norwegian Sea. 26th Conference of the ECS, Galway, Ireland. 2007-2009 Andøya Canyon (Bleiksdypet)

5. Effects of seismic surveys on sperm whale distribution in the Norwegian Sea. 26th Conference of the ECS, Galway, Ireland. PRELIMINARY DISTRIBUTION STUDY PLATFORMS

6. MaxEnt Habitat suitability model MaxEnt Habitat suitability model Bathymetry Slope Chlorophyll a Sperm whale distribution Seismic survey tracks (provided by NPD) DATA ANALYSIS Effects of seismic surveys on sperm whale distribution in the Norwegian Sea. 26th Conference of the ECS, Galway, Ireland.

7. RESULTS 1990-2006 & 2010

8. Effects of seismic surveys on sperm whale distribution in the Norwegian Sea. 26th Conference of the ECS, Galway, Ireland. 2007/2008

9. THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!! Acknowledgements: Thanks to Whalesafari Andenes and to all the volunteers and researchers collecting data from 1990 until 2011.