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SUBMITTER: Lydersen C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7550606 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lydersen Christian C Vacquié-Garcia Jade J Heide-Jørgensen Mads Peter MP Øien Nils N Guinet Christophe C Kovacs Kit M KM
Scientific reports 20201012 1
Insight into animal movements is essential for understanding habitat use by individuals as well as population processes and species life-history strategies. In this study, we instrumented 25 fin whales with ARGOS satellite-transmitters in Svalbard, Norway, to study their movement patterns and behaviour (Area Restricted Search (ARS), transiting or unknown) during boreal autumn/early winter. Ten of the whales stayed in the tagging area (most northerly location: 81.68°N) for their entire tracking p ...[more]