Sea ice habitat characteristics and number of narwhal (Monodon monoceros) sightings in Disko Bay, West Greenland

• Main Authors: Laidre, Kristin L, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Baffin_Bay08; Baffin Bay; International Polar Year (2007-2008); IPY; MULT; Multiple investigations; Baffin; Disko Bay; Greenland; International Polar Year; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.815150; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.815150

There is a paucity of information on abundance, densities, and habitat selection of narwhals Monodon monoceros in the offshore pack ice of Baffin Bay, West Greenland, despite the critical importance of winter foraging regions and considerable sea ice declines in the past decades. We conducted a doub...