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- Title
Drift Dives in a Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus).
- Authors
Blackwell, Susanna B.; Tervo, Outi M.; Lemming, Nynne E.; Quakenbush, Lori T.; Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter
- Abstract
The article reports that an animal spends a proportion of the dive not moving, suspended in the water column while drifting up or downwards depending on its buoyancy. Topics include examines four bowhead whales in Disko Bay, West Greenland, were instrumented with AcousondeTM sound and movement tags in a tag-retention study carried out by the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources.
- Subjects
WHALES; HUMPBACK whale behavior; SPERM whale; HUMPBACK whale; DIVING
- Publication
Aquatic Mammals, 2022, Vol 48, Issue 6, p656
- ISSN
0167-5427
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1578/AM.48.6.2022.656