Feeding ecology of the Greenland shark under different ice conditions

• Main Authors: Aaron Fisk, Bailey McMeans, Brian Fryer, Carlos Idrobo, Fikret Berkes, Michael Arts, Steven Campana, Susan Dennard
• Language: unknown
• Published: Borealis
• Subjects: Traditional Knowledge; Feeding; Climate change; Sea ice; Habitats; Fisheries; Greenland shark; Arctic; Cumberland Sound; Greenland; inuit; Turbot; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10864/10200

To date, five sampling trips to Cumberland Sound have been completed, three during times of open water (July-August 2007, 2008, 2009) and two during times of ice cover (April 2008, 2009). Preliminary results indicate that the Greenland shark is feeding at a high trophic position and on benthic and p...