Different habitat use strategies by subadult and adult ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in the Bering and Chukchi seas

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-255

  Crawford, Justin A ^a   Frost, Kathryn J ^b,c   Quakenbush, Lori T ^a   Whiting, Alex ^d  

^a ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Native Village of Kotzebue ^*  (United States)

^d Native Village of Kotzebue   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Movements; Phoca hispida; Ringed seals; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOENERGETICS; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PINNIPED; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEA ICE; TAGGING;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; BERING SEA; CHUKCHI SEA; KOTZEBUE SOUND; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA;

EID: 84855351523     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1067-1     Document Type: Article

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