Spatiotemporal variation of ringed seal blubber cortisol levels in the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Ogloff, Wesley R, Anderson, Randi A, Yurkowski, David J, Debets, Cassandra D, Anderson, W Gary, Ferguson, Steven H
• Other Authors: Flaherty, Elizabeth, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, ArcticNet, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Biological Sciences Department at the University of Manitoba
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2022
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Genetics; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Canada; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Ulukhaktok; Arviat; Climate change; Inuvialuit; Pusa hispida; ringed seal
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac047; https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-pdf/103/5/1208/46331853/gyac047.pdf

Abstract Climate change in the Arctic has widespread and complex effects on the health of animals and their populations. We used radioimmunoassay to measure blubber cortisol in ringed seals (Pusa hispida) sampled in Ulukhaktok, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories, Canada (spring, 200...