Behavioral Ecology of Narwhals in a Changing Arctic

• Main Authors: Laidre,Kristin L, Stern,Harry, Heide-Jorgensen,Mads P, Rasmussen,Marianne, Jensen,Mikkel V
• Other Authors: University of Washington Seattle United States
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; Ecology; whales; behavior; BAFFIN BAY; ICE; habitats; base lines; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; Greenland; models; 10008; 10006; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baffin; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD1014251; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD1014251

Our primary goal is to understand baseline narwhal (Monodon monoceros) behavioral ecology in the pack ice of Baffin Bay. We will collect data on the species acoustic, movement, and diving ecology in the offshore pack ice of Baffin Bay over a 4 year long research program with three ecological focus areas (acoustic ecology, sea ice ecology, and foraging ecology). Our longitudinal and cross-population analyses will use a suite of ecological modeling approaches over a 2 decade period that encompass a period of sea ice decline and increased anthropogenic activities in West Greenland (1993-present).