Ringed, Bearded, and Ribbon Seal Vocalizations North of Barrow, Alaska: Seasonal Presence and Relationship with Sea Ice
The acoustic repertoires of ringed, bearded, and ribbon seals are described, along with their seasonal occurrence and relationship to sea ice concentration. Acoustic recordings were made between September and June over three years (2006 - 09) along the continental slope break in the Chukchi Sea, 120...
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ftcdlib:oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt4fn034p1 2024-09-15T17:49:57+00:00 Ringed, Bearded, and Ribbon Seal Vocalizations North of Barrow, Alaska: Seasonal Presence and Relationship with Sea Ice Jones, Joshua M Thayre, Bruce J Roth, Ethan H Mahoney, Michael Sia, Ian Merculief, Kayla Jackson, Christine Zeller, Clarissa Clare, Mamie Bacon, Austin Weaver, Samantha Gentes, Zoe Small, Robert J Stirling, Ian Wiggins, Sean M Hildebrand, John A 203 2014-01-01 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4fn034p1 https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4388 unknown eScholarship, University of California qt4fn034p1 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4fn034p1 doi:10.14430/arctic4388 public Arctic, vol 67, iss 2 ringed seal bearded seal ribbon seal Arctic phocid call repertoire seasonality vocalization sea ice Geology Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience Ecology article 2014 ftcdlib https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4388 2024-06-28T06:28:20Z The acoustic repertoires of ringed, bearded, and ribbon seals are described, along with their seasonal occurrence and relationship to sea ice concentration. Acoustic recordings were made between September and June over three years (2006 - 09) along the continental slope break in the Chukchi Sea, 120 km north-northwest of Barrow, Alaska. Vocalizations of ringed and bearded seals occurred in winter and during periods of 80% - 100% ice cover but were mostly absent during open water periods. The presence of ringed and bearded seal calls throughout winter and spring suggests that some portion of their population is overwintering. Analysis of the repertoire of ringed and bearded seal calls shows seasonal variation. Ringed seal calls are primarily barks in winter and yelps in spring, while bearded seal moans increase during spring. Ribbon seal calls were detected only in the fall of 2008 during the open water period. The repertoire of known ribbon seal vocalizations was expanded to include three additional calls, and two stereotyped call sequences were common. Retrospective analyses of ringed seal recordings from 1982 and ribbon seal recordings from 1967 showed a high degree of stability in call repertoire across large spatial and temporal scales. © The Arctic Institute of North America. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Institute of North America Barrow bearded seal Chukchi Chukchi Sea ringed seal Sea ice The Arctic Institute Alaska University of California: eScholarship ARCTIC 67 2 203 |
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ringed seal bearded seal ribbon seal Arctic phocid call repertoire seasonality vocalization sea ice Geology Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience Ecology Jones, Joshua M Thayre, Bruce J Roth, Ethan H Mahoney, Michael Sia, Ian Merculief, Kayla Jackson, Christine Zeller, Clarissa Clare, Mamie Bacon, Austin Weaver, Samantha Gentes, Zoe Small, Robert J Stirling, Ian Wiggins, Sean M Hildebrand, John A Ringed, Bearded, and Ribbon Seal Vocalizations North of Barrow, Alaska: Seasonal Presence and Relationship with Sea Ice |
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The acoustic repertoires of ringed, bearded, and ribbon seals are described, along with their seasonal occurrence and relationship to sea ice concentration. Acoustic recordings were made between September and June over three years (2006 - 09) along the continental slope break in the Chukchi Sea, 120 km north-northwest of Barrow, Alaska. Vocalizations of ringed and bearded seals occurred in winter and during periods of 80% - 100% ice cover but were mostly absent during open water periods. The presence of ringed and bearded seal calls throughout winter and spring suggests that some portion of their population is overwintering. Analysis of the repertoire of ringed and bearded seal calls shows seasonal variation. Ringed seal calls are primarily barks in winter and yelps in spring, while bearded seal moans increase during spring. Ribbon seal calls were detected only in the fall of 2008 during the open water period. The repertoire of known ribbon seal vocalizations was expanded to include three additional calls, and two stereotyped call sequences were common. Retrospective analyses of ringed seal recordings from 1982 and ribbon seal recordings from 1967 showed a high degree of stability in call repertoire across large spatial and temporal scales. © The Arctic Institute of North America. |
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Jones, Joshua M Thayre, Bruce J Roth, Ethan H Mahoney, Michael Sia, Ian Merculief, Kayla Jackson, Christine Zeller, Clarissa Clare, Mamie Bacon, Austin Weaver, Samantha Gentes, Zoe Small, Robert J Stirling, Ian Wiggins, Sean M Hildebrand, John A |
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Jones, Joshua M Thayre, Bruce J Roth, Ethan H Mahoney, Michael Sia, Ian Merculief, Kayla Jackson, Christine Zeller, Clarissa Clare, Mamie Bacon, Austin Weaver, Samantha Gentes, Zoe Small, Robert J Stirling, Ian Wiggins, Sean M Hildebrand, John A |
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Ringed, Bearded, and Ribbon Seal Vocalizations North of Barrow, Alaska: Seasonal Presence and Relationship with Sea Ice |
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Ringed, Bearded, and Ribbon Seal Vocalizations North of Barrow, Alaska: Seasonal Presence and Relationship with Sea Ice |
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Ringed, Bearded, and Ribbon Seal Vocalizations North of Barrow, Alaska: Seasonal Presence and Relationship with Sea Ice |
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Ringed, Bearded, and Ribbon Seal Vocalizations North of Barrow, Alaska: Seasonal Presence and Relationship with Sea Ice |
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Ringed, Bearded, and Ribbon Seal Vocalizations North of Barrow, Alaska: Seasonal Presence and Relationship with Sea Ice |
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ringed, bearded, and ribbon seal vocalizations north of barrow, alaska: seasonal presence and relationship with sea ice |
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