Baffin Bay Narwhal Population Distribution and Numbers: Aerial Surveys in the Canadian High Arctic, 2002–04

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Richard, P.R., Laake, J.L., Hobbs, R.C., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Asselin, N.C., Cleator, H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2010
• Subjects: Monodontidae; line transect; mark-recapture distance sampling; population size; High Arctic; fiord; monodontidés; transect linéaire; échantillonnage par distance et marquage-recapture; taille de la population; Extrême arctique; Admiralty Inlet; Arctic; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Barrow Strait; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Cumberland Peninsula; Détroit de Smith; Eclipse Sound; Gulf of Boothia; Jones Sound; Melville Sound; Peel Sound; Prince Regent Inlet; Smith Sound; Somerset Island; Viscount Melville Sound; Arctic Archipelago; Arctique*; Baffin; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Smith sound
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63708

Aerial surveys of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) were conducted in the Canadian High Arctic during the month of August from 2002 to 2004. The surveys covered the waters of Barrow Strait, Prince Regent Inlet, the Gulf of Boothia, Admiralty Inlet, Eclipse Sound, and the eastern coast of Baffin Island, u...