Characteristics, home ranges and population estimates of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) around Baffin Island, supplement to: Dietz, Rune; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter; Richard, Pierre R; Orr, Jack; Laidre, Kristin L; Schmidt, Hans Chrisitan (2008): Movements of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Admiralty Inlet monitored by satellite telemetry. Polar Biology, 31(11), 1295-1306

Twenty-one narwhals tagged in 2003 and 2004 in Admiralty Inlet showed a different summer distributional pattern than previous narwhal-tracking studies from Somerset Island, Eclipse Sound and Melville Bay. The migration of the narwhals tracked from Admiralty Inlet moved out through Lancaster Sound 15...

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Main Authors: Dietz, Rune, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Richard, Pierre R, Orr, Jack, Laidre, Kristin L, Schmidt, Hans Chrisitan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2008
Subjects:
International Polar Year 2007-2008 IPY
Baffin Bay
Baffin Island
Lancaster Sound
Somerset Island
Dietz
Eclipse Sound
Admiralty Inlet
Baffin
Davis Strait
International Polar Year
IPY
Monodon monoceros
narwhal*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.808846
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.808846
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Summary:Twenty-one narwhals tagged in 2003 and 2004 in Admiralty Inlet showed a different summer distributional pattern than previous narwhal-tracking studies from Somerset Island, Eclipse Sound and Melville Bay. The migration of the narwhals tracked from Admiralty Inlet moved out through Lancaster Sound 15 days earlier (P <0.0001) than the narwhals summering around Eclipse Sound, whereas the Admiralty Inlet narwhals reached the mouths of Eclipse Sound 18 days later (P <0.0001) than the Eclipse Sound summering population. The winter range of the Admiralty Inlet narwhals overlapped with the winter range of narwhals from Melville Bay and Eclipse Sound in central southern Baffin Bay and Northern Davis Strait, but not with the winter range of narwhals from Somerset Island that wintered further north. Distribution size of range, and population size did not appear to be related. An example of considerable year to year variation between area of summer and winter distribution in the 2 years was believed to be related to the sample size and number of pods of whales tagged, rather than to differences in sex or age classes. : Data extracted in the frame of a joint ICSTI/PANGAEA IPY effort, see http://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.150150

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