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Polar Bears and Ringed Seals


Ringed seals feel the heat - Thin Ice Blog

Good enough for seals and walrus to haul out on and for polar bears to walk on, but not good breeding habitat for ringed seals as the ice ...

Polar bear predation of ringed and bearded seals in the land-fast ...

Polar bears mainly kill newborn pups in their birth lairs. The prime breeding habitat of ringed seals located in ice hummock areas is less successfully preyed ...

Polar Bears and Energy Lesson Information

Do you have a guess for how long it might take a polar bear to catch 10 ringed seals? = [Bearded seal picture here] ? Polar bears can travel really.

Polar Bear vs. Ring Seal | National Geographic - YouTube

Sometimes coming up for air might not be such a good idea — especially if there's a hungry polar bear prowling about.

Relationships between estimates of ringed seal (Phoca hispida) and ...

The number of seals required to support a population of polar bears of predetermined size was estimated independently using both behavioral and ...

Persistent organochlorine pollutants in ringed seals and polar bears ...

Blubber samples from ringed seal (Phoca hispida; n=8) and polar bear subcutaneous fat (Ursus maritimus; n=5) were collected near Barrow, Alaska in 1996 as ...

Polar bear predation on ringed seals in the fast-ice of Hornsund ...

Polar bear hunting success on ringed seals in subnivean lairs and basking on the fast ice, was studied in Hornsund, Svalbard. A few bears ...

Unusual Predation Attempts of Polar Bears on Ringed Seals in the ...

We found 13 sites where polar bears had clawed holes through rafted ice in attempts to capture ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in 2005 through 2006.

Polar Bear vs. Ringed Seal - Apple Books

Polar bears are notorious for hunting ringed seals in Arctic Canada. How do these seals protect themselves from their predators?

Ringed Seal - Animals Affected by Climate Change

They blow bubbles before surfacing to check for Polar Bears, their main predator. The seals use their sharp claws to make breathing holes in the thick ice. All ...

Polar bear predation of ringed and bearded seals in the land-fast ...

Polar bears mainly kill newborn pups in their birth lairs. The prime breeding habitat of ringed seals located in ice hummock areas is less successfully preyed ...

Pollutants in ringed seals - MOSJ

Moderate levels of contaminants are found in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) from Svalbard. Ringed seals are the polar bear's main prey.

Ringed Seal - THE hEAt IS ON

Unlike most seals, ringed seals can maintain breathing holes in the polar ice sheets, so they ... polar bears, arctic foxes and occasionally glaucous gulls.

Polar bear predation of ringed and bearded seals in the land-fast ...

Predation of seals by the polar bear was not significant in the Western Arctic and in the High Central and Eastern Arctic, and along ...

Age and Sex Composition of Seals Killed by Polar Bears in ... - PLOS

Half of the adult ringed seal kills were ≥21 years (60/121), and kill rates of adults increased following the peak of parturition. Determination of sex from DNA ...

Details - Polar Bear predation on Ringed Seals in ice-free water

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Arctic ringed seal - Wikipedia

The ringed seal is commonly preyed upon by Polar bears, Arctic foxes, and Killer whales. Population estimates and survival rates are unknown, but average life ...

ETDEWEB - OSTI.GOV

The number of seals needed to support a population of polar bears was estimated independently using both behavioral and energetic data.

Digestibility of ringed seals by the polar bear - ResearchGate

... In captive polar bears, seal skin and blubber had a gut transit time of 38 hr compared to 12 hr for herring (Best 1985) . The apparent digestibility of seal ...

Ringed-seal | Polartours

Ringed seals are small mammals, silver/gray to brown. Their bellies are lighter, while their backs are darker and bear a clear pattern of small rings that ...