Journal Article
SPERM WHALE DIVES TRACKED BY RADIO TAG TELEMETRY
William A. Watkins; Mary Ann Daher; Nancy A. Dimarzio; Amy Samuels; Douglas Wartzok; Kurt M. Fristrup; Paul W. Howey; Romaine R. Maiefski
Marine Mammal Science · Vol. 18, Issue 1 · pp. 55-68 · 2002
Abstract
A bstract Dives of a 12‐m sperm whale ( Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758) were tracked in the southeast Caribbean by long range, 30 MHz radio tag with dive‐profile telemetry over 4.6 d, 26 April‐1 May 1995. Over the 295‐km track, average speed was 0.7 m/sec (2.6 km/h). Of 158 dives (defined as submergences longer than 3 min), 65 were shallow (