Summer diet of the narwhal ( Monodon monoceros ) in Pond Inlet, northern Baffin Island

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Finley, K. J., Gibb, E. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Baffin Island; Greenland; Pond Inlet; Arctic cod; Arctogadus glacialis; Baffin; Boreogadus saida; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; polar cod
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z82-424; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z82-424

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...