Spatial distribution of narwhal (Monodon monoceros L.) diving for Canadian populations helps identify important seasonal foraging areas

• Main Authors: Watt, Cortney, Orr, Jack, Ferguson, Steven H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: NRC Research Press (a division of Canadian Science Publishing) 2016
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Bay; Canada; Eclipse Sound; Hudson; Hudson Bay; Hudson Strait; Baffin; Davis Strait; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/75372; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/cjz-2016-0178

In Canada, narwhals (Monodon monoceros L., 1758) are divided into the Baffin Bay (BB) and Northern Hudson Bay (NHB) populations. Satellite tracking of twenty-one narwhals from BB and NHB provided information on their diving behaviour and was used to identify foraging regions. Previous research from...