Narwhal thermal homeostasis

General

Organisation

Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)

Department

Department of Birds and Mammals

Project start

15.08.2019

Project end

02.09.2019

Type of project

Research

Project theme

Bioscience

Project topic

Biology

Climate research

Ecosystems

Marine mammals

Fieldwork / Study

Fieldwork country

Greenland (DK)

Fieldwork region

Greenland Sea

Fieldwork location

Geolocation is 70.353251693778, -28.211086667772

Fieldwork start

15.08.2019

Fieldwork end

02.09.2019

Fieldwork / Study

Fieldwork country

Greenland (DK)

Fieldwork region

Greenland Sea

Fieldwork location

Geolocation is 70.353251693778, -28.211086667772

Fieldwork start

15.08.2019

Fieldwork end

02.09.2019

Project details

11.06.2019

Science / project plan

Capturing and tagging of narwhals at the field station at Hjørnedal, East Greenland in August-September 2019. Tagging involves satellite transmitters and acoustic recorders. Thermal insulation and heat dump facilities will be studied on live captured animals and hunted animals.

Publications related to project

Manh, Cuong Ngô, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, S. Ditlevsen. 2019. Understanding narwhal diving behaviour using Hidden Markov Models with dependent state distributions and long range dependence. PloSONE Computational Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006425

Blackwell, S.B., O.M. Tervo, A.S. Conrad, M.H.S. Sinding, R.G. Hansen, S. Ditlevsen, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen. 2018.Spatial and temporal patterns of sound production in East Greenland narwhals. PLoS ONE 13(6): e0198295. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0198295

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., N.H. Nielsen, J. Teilmann, P.S. Leifsson. 2017. Long-term tag retention on small cetaceans. Marine Mammal Science DOI: 10.1111/mms.12394

Williams, T.M., Blackwell, S.B., Richter, B., Sinding, M.-H. S., Heide-Jørgensen, M.P. 2017. Paradoxical escape responses by narwhals (Monodon monoceros) when diving in a seascape of fear. SCIENCE 8 December 2017, 358 (6368); 1328-1331.

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., N.H. Nielsen, R.G. Hansen, H.C. Schmidt, S.B. Blackwell and O.A. Jørgensen. 2015.The predictable narwhal: satellite tracking shows behavioural similarities between isolated subpopulations. Journal of Zoology 297: 54-65. doi:10.1111/jzo.12257

Watt, C.A., J.R. Orr, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, N.H. Nielsen, S.H. Ferguson. 2015. Differences in dive behavior among the world’s three narwhal (Monodon monoceros) populations correspond with dietary differences. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 525: 273–285, 2015, doi: 10.3354/meps11202

Heide-Jørgensen, M.P., N.H. Nielsen, R.G. Hansen, S. Blackwell. 2014. Stomach temperature of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) during feeding events. Animal Biotelemetry 2:9 (doi:10.1186/2050-3385-2-9)

Watt, C.A, M.P. Heide-Jørgensen, S. H. Ferguson. 2013. How adaptable are narwhal: a comparison of foraging patterns among the world’s three narwhal populations. Ecosphere 4(6), article 71 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES13-00137.1)

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CAREER: Chasing icebergs: quantifying iceberg motion and melt in Greenland's glacial fjords	01.01.2016	31.12.2021	University of Oregon	University of Oregon, dept.	Ocean & fiord systems
Collaborative Research: The Greenland Firn Aquifer Impacts on Ice Sheet Hydrology: Characterizing Volume, Flow, and Discharge	01.01.2014	31.12.2017	University of Maryland	University of Maryland College Park, dept.	Cryosphere
Collaborative Research: The Greenland Firn Aquifer Impacts on Ice Sheet Hydrology: Characterizing Volume, Flow, and Discharge	01.01.2014	31.12.2017	University of Utah	University of Utah, dept.	Cryosphere
Greenland Ice Sheet Monitoring Network (GLISN) Operations	01.01.2014	31.12.2018	Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)	Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS), dept.	Geoscience
IRES: Research Training in Climate Change Microbiology in Greenland and Denmark	01.01.2015	31.12.2018	University of Montana	University of Montana, Department	Bioscience
Tracking Greenland Melt in the Ocean Using Noble Gas Fingerprints	01.01.2015	31.12.2018	University of California	University of California, San Diego, Department	Ocean & fiord systems
Novel Methods to Observe Heat and Ice in the High Latitudes Using PIES	01.01.2013	31.12.2016	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute	Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Department	Ocean & fiord systems
The Greenland GPS Network (GNET): Geodetic characterization of water vapor, climate cycles, climate change and ice mass balance	01.01.2017	31.12.2019	Technical University of Denmark (DTU)	DTU Aqua	Space physics
Collaborative Research: Refining Long-term Climate Records from the Renland Ice Cap	01.01.2014	31.12.2017	University of Colorado Boulder	University of Colorado Boulder, Department	Weather, climate & atmosphere
Shelf-Basin Exchange near 79N Glacier and Zachariae Isstrom, North-East Greenland	01.01.2013	31.12.2014	University of Delaware	University of Delaware, The Bartol Research Institute	Ocean & fiord systems
Rapid Response Research: Accessing New Sea Ice in an Arctic Winter Polynya	01.01.2012	31.12.2013	University of Washington	School of Oceanography	Bioscience
Thick-billed murre studies, Ittoqqortoormiit	15.07.2018	31.07.2018	Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)	Department of Birds and Mammals	Marine ecosystems
Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou): behaviour and distribution in Greenland waters	15.03.2016	15.03.2016	Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)	Department of Fish and Shellfish	Marine ecosystems
Acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in a changing Arctic: East Greenland	29.01.2018		Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)	Greenland Climate Research Centre	Marine ecosystems
GNET maintenence	06.06.2017	31.08.2017	Technical University of Denmark (DTU)	DTU Space	Data/models
Tagging of narwhals in Scoresby Sound , East Greenland	15.07.2017	31.08.2017	Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)	Department of Birds and Mammals	Marine ecosystems
Tagging of narwhals in Kangerlussuaq, East Greenland	15.08.2017	10.09.2017	Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)	Department of Birds and Mammals	Marine ecosystems
Paamiut cruise 5: Whale Survey in Scoresby Sund	12.08.2017	21.08.2017	Greenland Institute of Natural Resources (GINR)	Department of Birds and Mammals	Marine ecosystems
2012 ASP Scoresby Sund campaign	01.03.2012	21.03.2012	Aarhus University (AU)	Arctic Research Centre (ARC)	Marine ecosystems
INuit Feeding on Legacy Un-wanted Xenobiotics (INFLUX).	01.09.2016	30.10.2016	Aarhus University (AU)	Department of Bioscience	Marine ecosystems

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Collaborative Research: Determining the Vulnerability and Resilience of Boreal Forests and Shrubs across Northwestern North America	01.01.2016	31.12.2019	Northern Arizona University	Northern Arizona University, dept.
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Collaborative Research: Formation and Persistence of Benthic Biological Hotspots in the Pacific Arctic	01.01.2016	31.12.2019	University of Maryland	University of Maryland, dept.
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IRES: Research Training in Climate Change Microbiology in Greenland and Denmark	01.01.2015	31.12.2018	University of Montana	University of Montana, Department	Greenland, Mid-East
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