Movements of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) from Admiralty Inlet monitored by satellite telemetry

Polar Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1295-1306

  Dietz, Rune ^a   Heide Jørgensen, Mads Peter ^b   Richard, Pierre ^c   Orr, Jack ^c   Laidre, Kristin ^b   Schmidt, Hans Christian ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admiralty Inlet; Baffin Bay; Davis Strait; Migration; Narwhal; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; MONITORING; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE SIZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEMETRY; WHALE;

ADMIRALTY INLET; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BAFFIN BAY [ARCTIC OCEAN]; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; DAVIS STRAIT; LANCASTER SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

CETACEA; MONODON; MONODON MONOCEROS;

EID: 53249111594     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-008-0466-4     Document Type: Article

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