Diving and haul-out patterns of walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) on Svalbard

• Main Authors: Gjertz, Ian, Wiig, Øystein, Lydersen, Christian, Griths, D., Krat, B. A.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: BIOTA; biology; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; Arctic; Svalbard; Jan Mayen; Tusenøyane; North Atlantic; Odobenus rosmarus; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/c23b313f-0909-5b83-9330-20b161df6008

Nine male walruses were equipped with dive recording devices in Svalbard to investigate walrus diving and haul-out behaviour in late summer 1991 and 1993. Dive information on 6,018 dives was collected by 3 satellite linked dive recorders. Additional dive information on 7,769 dives was obtained from...