Data from: Paradoxical escape responses by narwhals (Monodon monoceros)

• Main Authors: Williams, Terrie M., Blackwell, Susanna B., Richter, Beau, Sinding, Mikkel-Holger S., Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: narwhal; marine mammal; diving; swimming; heart rate; bradycardia; fear; escape; stroke frequency; energetics; Arctic; Greenland; Scoresby; East Greenland; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Scoresby Sound; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.162705; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4vn11

Until recent declines in Arctic sea ice levels, narwhals (Monodon monoceros) have lived in relative isolation from human perturbation and sustained predation pressures. The resulting naïvety has made this cryptic, deep-diving cetacean highly susceptible to disturbance, although quantifiable effects...