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

• Published in: Journal of Mammalogy
• Main Authors: Wesley R. Ogloff, Randi A. Anderson, David J. Yurkowski, Cassandra D. Debets, W. Gary Anderson, Steven H. Ferguson
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society of Mammalogists 2022
• Subjects: Arviat; Ulukhaktok; Arctic; Canada; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Climate change; Inuvialuit; Pusa hispida; ringed seal
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyac047

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, 2002, 2004–2...