Evironmental threats to marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic
The Arctic Ocean is the home of three major groups of mammals that depend on the sea for survival and show varying degrees of adaptation for maritime life. Most fully adapted are the whales (Cetacea), which never leave the water, and the seals and walruses (Pinnipedia) that feed entirely at sea but...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s003224740002163x 2024-03-03T08:36:30+00:00 Evironmental threats to marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic Stirling, Ian Calvert, Wendy 1983 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740002163x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740002163X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 21, issue 134, page 433-449 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1983 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s003224740002163x 2024-02-08T08:25:26Z The Arctic Ocean is the home of three major groups of mammals that depend on the sea for survival and show varying degrees of adaptation for maritime life. Most fully adapted are the whales (Cetacea), which never leave the water, and the seals and walruses (Pinnipedia) that feed entirely at sea but emerge onto land or ice for pupping and basking. Less exclusively marine are two species of the order Carnivora—Polar Bears ( Ursus maritimus ), that seldom live far from the sea because they feed almost entirely upon seals, and Arctic Foxes ( Alopex lagopus ), some of which move out onto the sea ice during the winter, mainly to scavenge on the remains of seals killed by Polar Bears. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alopex lagopus Arctic Arctic Ocean Polar Record Sea ice Ursus maritimus walrus* Cambridge University Press Arctic Arctic Ocean Polar Record 21 134 433 449 |
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The Arctic Ocean is the home of three major groups of mammals that depend on the sea for survival and show varying degrees of adaptation for maritime life. Most fully adapted are the whales (Cetacea), which never leave the water, and the seals and walruses (Pinnipedia) that feed entirely at sea but emerge onto land or ice for pupping and basking. Less exclusively marine are two species of the order Carnivora—Polar Bears ( Ursus maritimus ), that seldom live far from the sea because they feed almost entirely upon seals, and Arctic Foxes ( Alopex lagopus ), some of which move out onto the sea ice during the winter, mainly to scavenge on the remains of seals killed by Polar Bears. |
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Evironmental threats to marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic |
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Evironmental threats to marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic |
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Evironmental threats to marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic |
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Evironmental threats to marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic |
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Evironmental threats to marine mammals in the Canadian Arctic |
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evironmental threats to marine mammals in the canadian arctic |
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Alopex lagopus Arctic Arctic Ocean Polar Record Sea ice Ursus maritimus walrus* |
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