THE ROLE OF PREDATION IN THE ECOLOGY OF THE RINGED SEAL IN BARROW STRAIT, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Hammill, M. O., Smith, T. G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1991
• Subjects: Aquatic Science; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Northwest Territories; Baffin Island; Canada; Barrow Strait; Baffin; Phoca hispida; ringed seal
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1991.tb00559.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1748-7692.1991.tb00559.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1748-7692.1991.tb00559.x

A bstract Predation on ringed seals ( Phoca hispida ) was examined in Barrow Strait between March and May 1984 to 1986. Polar bears were the most important predator. Evidence of bear predation was observed at 18–30% of the ringed seal subnivean structures we located. Ten to 24% of predation attempts...