ARCTIC A Review of the Developmental, Behavioural and Physiological Adaptations of the Ringed Seal, Phoca hispida, to Life in the Arctic Winter

• Main Authors: Thomas G. Smith, Michael O. Hammill, Geir Taugbl
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: Antarctic; Arctic; Phoques; The Antarctic; Weddell; Alopex lagopus; Antarc*; Phoca hispida; ringed seal; Sea ice; Weddell Seals
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.496.594; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic44-2-124.pdf

ABSTRACT. Ringed seals, Phoca hispida, the smallest of the marine arctic pinnipeds, are one of only two seal species in the world adapted to life in the land-fast sea ice. The habitat is characterized by a stable ice platform forming in early winter and lies at latitudes subject to extreme low tempe...