Autumn movements, home ranges, and winter density of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) tagged in Tremblay Sound, Baffin Island

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 331-341

  Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^a   Dietz, R ^b   Laidre, K L ^c   Richard, P ^d  

^a NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CETACEAN; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; WINTER;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; MONODON; MONODON MONOCEROS;

EID: 0036932122     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-001-0347-6     Document Type: Article

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