Body sizes and dive characteristics of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Kakiak Point and Melville Bay (2005-2007)

• Main Authors: Laidre, Kristin L, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Ermold, W, Steele, Michael
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2010
• Subjects: International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Greenland; Kakiak Point; Baffin; Davis Strait; International Polar Year; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.814057; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.814057

We report on wintertime data collected from Baffin Bay and northern Davis Strait, a major gateway linking the Arctic with the subpolar North Atlantic, using narwhals (Monodon monoceros) as an oceanographic sampling platform. Fourteen narwhals were instrumented with satellite-linked time-depth-temper...