A survey of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, as habitat for ringed seals, Phoca hispida
The ringed seal breeding habitat of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, Norway, was studied from 30 March to 22 May 1986. A Siberian husky dog was used to detect ringed seal birth lairs and breathing holes. Fifteen percent of the total fiord areas was sampled. We estimated the densitites of birth lairs a...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1600-0587.1990.tb00598.x 2023-12-03T10:29:04+01:00 A survey of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, as habitat for ringed seals, Phoca hispida Lydersen, Christian Jensen, Per Magne Lydersen, Espen 1990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1990.tb00598.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0587.1990.tb00598.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1990.tb00598.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ecography volume 13, issue 2, page 130-133 ISSN 0906-7590 1600-0587 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journal-article 1990 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1990.tb00598.x 2023-11-09T13:33:33Z The ringed seal breeding habitat of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, Norway, was studied from 30 March to 22 May 1986. A Siberian husky dog was used to detect ringed seal birth lairs and breathing holes. Fifteen percent of the total fiord areas was sampled. We estimated the densitites of birth lairs and breathing holes to be 0.04 km ‐2 and 1.30 km ‐2 , respectively. The Van Mijen fiord was a poor ringed seal breeding habitat compared with breeding habitats investigated both in Canada and other parts of Svalbard. The main reason is probably shallow snow depth and lack of structures such as pressure ridges around which enough snow could accumulate for the ringed seal females to be able to dig out their lairs. The number of seals inhabiting the area during the breeding period 1986 was approximately 125 animals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Phoca hispida ringed seal Svalbard Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Canada Norway Svalbard Ecography 13 2 130 133 |
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The ringed seal breeding habitat of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, Norway, was studied from 30 March to 22 May 1986. A Siberian husky dog was used to detect ringed seal birth lairs and breathing holes. Fifteen percent of the total fiord areas was sampled. We estimated the densitites of birth lairs and breathing holes to be 0.04 km ‐2 and 1.30 km ‐2 , respectively. The Van Mijen fiord was a poor ringed seal breeding habitat compared with breeding habitats investigated both in Canada and other parts of Svalbard. The main reason is probably shallow snow depth and lack of structures such as pressure ridges around which enough snow could accumulate for the ringed seal females to be able to dig out their lairs. The number of seals inhabiting the area during the breeding period 1986 was approximately 125 animals. |
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A survey of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, as habitat for ringed seals, Phoca hispida |
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A survey of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, as habitat for ringed seals, Phoca hispida |
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A survey of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, as habitat for ringed seals, Phoca hispida |
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A survey of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, as habitat for ringed seals, Phoca hispida |
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A survey of the Van Mijen fiord, Svalbard, as habitat for ringed seals, Phoca hispida |
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survey of the van mijen fiord, svalbard, as habitat for ringed seals, phoca hispida |
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