Resource and habitat use of northern bottlenose whales in the Gully: Ecology, diving and ranging behaviour.

• Main Author: Hooker, Sascha Kate.
• Other Authors: Ph.D.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Dalhousie University 2014
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Oceanography; Zoology; Canada; The Gully; hyperoodon ampullatus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/55647

Northern bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon ampullatus) show a concentrated distribution within the Gully, a submarine canyon off the coast of eastern Canada. Using data collected between 1988 and 1998, I have analysed the potential function of this local abundance in terms of foraging behaviour, movemen...