Use of artificial subice air pockets by wild ringed seals ( Phoca hispida )
Ringed seals were observed to inhale exhaust air expelled by SCUBA divers who were diving under 1.9-m thick, 1-year-old fast ice in Lancaster Sound during mid-April, 1973, The underside of the sea ice was imperfectly flat so that some of the bubbles of exhaust air coalesced into large lenticular bub...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z74-146 2023-12-17T10:33:05+01:00 Use of artificial subice air pockets by wild ringed seals ( Phoca hispida ) Milne, Allen R. 1974 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z74-146 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z74-146 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 52, issue 8, page 1092-1093 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1974 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z74-146 2023-11-19T13:38:14Z Ringed seals were observed to inhale exhaust air expelled by SCUBA divers who were diving under 1.9-m thick, 1-year-old fast ice in Lancaster Sound during mid-April, 1973, The underside of the sea ice was imperfectly flat so that some of the bubbles of exhaust air coalesced into large lenticular bubbles 1 to 3 cm in depth, and these, on occasions, were partially inhaled by seals. Between dives, separated in time by as little as 3 h, all the under-ice air bubbles, large and small, vanished. It is assumed that the buoyant air migrated upward into the sea ice by the progressive displacement of brine in drainage channels. Although the exhaust air was readily used by ringed seals, it is unlikely that naturally occurring air pockets can persist beneath 1 -year-old sea ice to enable seals to extend their under-ice travels. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lancaster Sound Phoca hispida Sea ice Canadian Science Publishing (via Crossref) Lancaster Sound ENVELOPE(-83.999,-83.999,74.218,74.218) Canadian Journal of Zoology 52 8 1092 1093 |
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Ringed seals were observed to inhale exhaust air expelled by SCUBA divers who were diving under 1.9-m thick, 1-year-old fast ice in Lancaster Sound during mid-April, 1973, The underside of the sea ice was imperfectly flat so that some of the bubbles of exhaust air coalesced into large lenticular bubbles 1 to 3 cm in depth, and these, on occasions, were partially inhaled by seals. Between dives, separated in time by as little as 3 h, all the under-ice air bubbles, large and small, vanished. It is assumed that the buoyant air migrated upward into the sea ice by the progressive displacement of brine in drainage channels. Although the exhaust air was readily used by ringed seals, it is unlikely that naturally occurring air pockets can persist beneath 1 -year-old sea ice to enable seals to extend their under-ice travels. |
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Use of artificial subice air pockets by wild ringed seals ( Phoca hispida ) |
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Lancaster Sound Phoca hispida Sea ice |
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