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    Radio tagging of finback whales : Iceland, June-July 1980

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    Date
    1981-01
    Author
    Watkins, William A.  Concept link
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    https://hdl.handle.net/1912/9620
    Location
    Denmark Strait
    DOI
    10.1575/1912/9620
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     Finback whale; Animal radio tracking; Balaenoptera physalus 
    Abstract
    In June and July, 1980, finback whales (Balaenoptera physalus) were radio tagged in the waters west of Iceland. One double-tagged finback was tracked continuously with shipboard receiving gear for 9 1/2 days, for over 2095 km, during which it swam with from one to seven companion finbacks to within 130 km of Greenland. The tagging and tracking systems worked well. New behavioral information about finbacks was gathered, and new questions were raised concerning this populations's movements and distribution. Whale integument is discussed and the potential retention of transcutaneous whale tags is analyzed.
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    Watkins, W. A. (1981). Radio tagging of finback whales: Iceland, June-July 1980. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.1575/1912/9620
     

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