Polar bear foraging ecology : a pilot study.  Final report.

Wetzel, Dana L.; Reynolds, John E.

dc.contributor.author	Wetzel, Dana L.
dc.contributor.author	Reynolds, John E.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-03-01T20:06:27Z
dc.date.available	2010-03-01T20:06:27Z
dc.date.issued	2008-11-11
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2075/1064
dc.description	46 p. Includes bibliographic references, tables and charts.	en
dc.description.abstract	This report describes the results of a project sought to assess polar bear foraging and changes that might be occurring, in northwestern Alaska. More specifically the following were accomplished: assessing fatty acid constituents of fat/blubber samples from polar bears and from three potential prey species - the ringed seal, the bearded seal and the walrus; investigating whether fatty acid composition of prey species' blubber is consistent over time; using statistical analyses to assess the extent to which polar bear blubber resembles that of each prey species for two different time periods; and interpreting the information to describe polar bear feeding and foraging.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska Nanuuq Commission, Nome, Alaska.	en
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dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL.	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Mote Technical Report ;	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	No. 1287	en
dc.subject	polar bear	en
dc.subject	ringed seal	en
dc.subject	bearded seal	en
dc.subject	Pacific walrus	en
dc.subject	Ursus maritimus	en
dc.subject	Erignathus barbatus	en
dc.subject	Odobenus rosmarus	en
dc.subject	Phoca hispida	en
dc.subject	Alaska (United States)	en
dc.title	Polar bear foraging ecology : a pilot study. Final report.	en
dc.type	Technical Report	en