Walrus Movements in Smith Sound:A Canada - Greenland Shared Stock

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Heide-Jorgensen, Mads Peter, Flora, Janne, Andersen, Astrid O., Stewart, Robert E. A., Nielsen, Nynne H., Hansen, Rikke G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Canadian High Arctic; haulout; North Water polynya; Northwest Greenland; satellite tracking; seasonal migration; shared stock; MARINE MAMMALS; BAFFIN-BAY; SEA-ICE; WINTER; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Greenland; Lancaster Sound; Kane; Smith Sound; Alexandra Fiord; Jones Sound; Penny Strait; Buchanan Bay; Craig Harbour; Flagler Bay; Talbot Inlet; Baffin; Kane Basin; Odobenus rosmarus; Sea ice; Smith sound; walrus*
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/walrus-movements-in-smith-sound(d896973a-cd56-4475-82f5-062d0ed5a057).html; https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4661

Fifty of 58 walruses (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) instrumented with satellite-linked transmitters in four areas in eastern Smith Sound, Northwest Greenland, during May and June of 2010 - 13 and 2015 provided data for this study. These animals departed from the feeding banks along the Greenland coast...