SPERM WHALE SURFACE ACTIVITY FROM TRACKING BY RADIO AND SATELLITE TAGS 1

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Watkins, William A., Daher, Mary Ann, Dimarzio, Nancy A., Samuels, Amy, Wartzok, Douglas, Fristrup, Kurt M., Gannon, Damon P., Howey, Paul W., Maiefski, Romaine R., Spradlin, Trevor R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Catodon; Sperm whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00883.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.1999.tb00883.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1999.tb00883.x

A bstract Three 12‐m sperm whales ( Physeter catodon ) were tagged and tracked west of Dominica in the southeast Caribbean to follow the surfacing patterns and movements of these presumed subadult males. Whale N was tagged in April 1993 with a 30‐MHz radio tag and tracked for two days. Whale H was t...