Surfacing Times and Dive Rates for Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) and Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., Hammeken, N., Dietz, R., Orr, J., Richard, P.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2001
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; behaviour; belugas; dive rate; narwhals; surfacing time; baie de Baffin; comportement; bélougas; taux de plongée; narvals; temps passé en surface; Baie de Baffin; Canada; Greenland; Arctic; Baffin; Beluga*; Delphinapterus leucas; Groenland; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63845

Time spent at and near the sea surface was measured for 25 narwhals, Monodon monoceros, and 39 belugas or white whales, Delphinapterus leucas, in West Greenland and Canada from 1993 through 1999, using satellite-linked data recorders. Narwhals spent less time at the surface than belugas did, and the...