Fluctuations in distribution and patterns of individual range use of northern bottlenose whales.

• Main Authors: Hooker, Sascha Kate, Whitehead, H, Gowans, S, Baird, RW
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: foraging ecology; cetacean; submarine canyon; movements; range; territoriality; HYPEROODON-AMPULLATUS; NOSED WHALE; NOVA-SCOTIA; ECOLOGY; BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; MOVEMENT; DOLPHINS; Canada; The Gully; hyperoodon ampullatus; Northern bottlenose whale
• Online Access: https://risweb.st-andrews.ac.uk/portal/en/researchoutput/fluctuations-in-distribution-and-patterns-of-individual-range-use-of-northern-bottlenose-whales(2b7c321c-2a65-427d-9b48-7b8e4eb3241b).html; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037059626&partnerID=8YFLogxK; http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/225/m225p287.pdf

This study investigated the pattern and scale of distribution, movements and range use of the northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus above a submarine canyon, the Gully, off eastern Canada between 1988 and 1998. Locations and individual identification photographs were collected during encou...