Upside-down swimming behaviour of free-ranging narwhals

• Published in: BMC Ecology
• Main Authors: Richard Pierre, Tyack Peter L, Orr Jack, Bakhtiari Mehdi, Shapiro Ari D, Dietz Rune, Eskesen Ida, Marshall Greg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2007
• Subjects: Ecology; QH540-549.5; Admiralty Inlet; Canada; The Tusk; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6785-7-14; https://doaj.org/article/efe172ef0d364a84afdb3c91881674cc

Abstract Background Free-ranging narwhals ( Monodon monoceros ) were instrumented in Admiralty Inlet, Canada with both satellite tags to study migration and stock separation and short-term, high-resolution digital archival tags to explore diving and feeding behaviour. Three narwhals were equipped wi...