Coupled changes between the H‐Print biomarker and δ 15 N indicates a variable sea ice carbon contribution to the diet of Cumberland Sound beluga whales

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Brown, T. A., Chrystal, E., Ferguson, S. H., Yurkowski, D. J., Watt, C., Hussey, N. E., Kelley, T. C., Belt, S. T.
• Other Authors: Leverhulme Trust
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Beluga; Beluga*; Cumberland Sound; Delphinapterus leucas; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.10520; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Flno.10520; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lno.10520; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/lno.10520; https://aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/lno.10520

Abstract Sub‐Arctic habitats are being exposed to increasingly long periods of open water as sea ice continues to decline in thickness and extent. Some hypothesize that this will result in a reduction, and maybe total loss of sea ice derived (sympagic) carbon supply; however, the impact of such chan...