Some like it cold:Temperature-dependent habitat selection by narwhals

• Published in: Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Blackwell, Susanna B., Williams, Terrie M., Sinding, Mikkel Holger S., Skovrind, Mikkel, Tervo, Outi M., Garde, Eva, Hansen, Rikke G., Nielsen, Nynne H., Ngô, Manh Cuong, Ditlevsen, Susanne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: buzzing; deep diving; East Greenland; high Arctic; oceanography; satellite tracking; thermal homeostasis; Arctic; Greenland; Scoresby; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Scoresby Sound; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://curis.ku.dk/portal/da/publications/some-like-it-cold(0f616ad2-d53b-4ec6-a0e7-0eff9b1dc759).html; https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6464; https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/249164258/OA_Some_like_it_cold.pdf

The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a high-Arctic species inhabiting areas that are experiencing increases in sea temperatures, which together with reduction in sea ice are expected to modify the niches of several Arctic marine apex predators. The Scoresby Sound fjord complex in East Greenland is the...