Summer diet of the narwhal ( Monodon monoceros) in Pond Inlet, northern Baffin Island
Stomach contents of 73 narwhals (Monodon monoceros) taken in Pond Inlet during June to September 1978–1979 were examined. Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) comprised 51% and 37%, respectively, of the diet by weight. Arctic cod contributed 57% in 1978...
Published in: | Canadian Journal of Zoology |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
1982
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z82-424 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z82-424 |