Observations on the Greenland Shark, Somniosus microcephalus , in Northern Baffin Island

Eighteen immature Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch and Schneider) 1801) were captured during the course of a study on the biology of the narwhal, Monodon monoceros. Most had been feeding on offal resulting from the whaling operation and on fish and seal meat discarded at the campsite...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
Main Authors: Beck, B., Mansfield, A. W.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1969
Subjects:
Arctic
Baffin Island
Greenland
Baffin
Monodon monoceros
narwhal*
Somniosus microcephalus
White whale
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f69-013
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f69-013
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Summary:Eighteen immature Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch and Schneider) 1801) were captured during the course of a study on the biology of the narwhal, Monodon monoceros. Most had been feeding on offal resulting from the whaling operation and on fish and seal meat discarded at the campsite. Other food consumed included two egg cases of the arctic skate, Raja hyperborea, previously unrecorded from this locality. Four narwhals and one white whale were attacked in the nets, the sharks removing large chunks of skin and blubber from the carcasses.

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