ARCTIC Predation of Belugas and Narwhals by Polar Bears in Nearshore Areas of the Canadian High Arctic
Somerset Island. All of the narwhals and two of the belugas had been attacked and partially eaten by polar bears. At Cunningham Inlet, where belugas concentrate in large numbers, we have noted ten strandings over the period 1980-88, without bear predation on these occasions. One bear, hunting from a...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.512.6172 2023-05-15T14:19:45+02:00 ARCTIC Predation of Belugas and Narwhals by Polar Bears in Nearshore Areas of the Canadian High Arctic Thomas G Smith Becky Sjare The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1989 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.512.6172 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic43-2-99.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.512.6172 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic43-2-99.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic43-2-99.pdf Key words beluga narwhal polar bear predation Arctic text 1989 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T09:43:19Z Somerset Island. All of the narwhals and two of the belugas had been attacked and partially eaten by polar bears. At Cunningham Inlet, where belugas concentrate in large numbers, we have noted ten strandings over the period 1980-88, without bear predation on these occasions. One bear, hunting from an ice floe in deep water at Cunningham Inlet, killed two sub-adult belugas in July 1985. Belugas seem to exhibit curiosity towards swimming polar bears that might serve to drive bears out of the area and reduce the risk of predation. The potential large summer food resource for bears represented by odontocete whales in the High Arctic Archipelago seems to be underutilized. The timing and location of beluga concentrations are known and dates of probable strandings are somewhat predictable, which might allow us to assess the extent of bear predation on whales in the future. Text Arctic Arctic Archipelago Arctic Beluga Beluga* narwhal* Somerset Island Unknown Arctic Cunningham Inlet ENVELOPE(-93.834,-93.834,74.118,74.118) Somerset Island ENVELOPE(-93.500,-93.500,73.251,73.251) |
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Somerset Island. All of the narwhals and two of the belugas had been attacked and partially eaten by polar bears. At Cunningham Inlet, where belugas concentrate in large numbers, we have noted ten strandings over the period 1980-88, without bear predation on these occasions. One bear, hunting from an ice floe in deep water at Cunningham Inlet, killed two sub-adult belugas in July 1985. Belugas seem to exhibit curiosity towards swimming polar bears that might serve to drive bears out of the area and reduce the risk of predation. The potential large summer food resource for bears represented by odontocete whales in the High Arctic Archipelago seems to be underutilized. The timing and location of beluga concentrations are known and dates of probable strandings are somewhat predictable, which might allow us to assess the extent of bear predation on whales in the future. |
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ARCTIC Predation of Belugas and Narwhals by Polar Bears in Nearshore Areas of the Canadian High Arctic |
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ARCTIC Predation of Belugas and Narwhals by Polar Bears in Nearshore Areas of the Canadian High Arctic |
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ARCTIC Predation of Belugas and Narwhals by Polar Bears in Nearshore Areas of the Canadian High Arctic |
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ARCTIC Predation of Belugas and Narwhals by Polar Bears in Nearshore Areas of the Canadian High Arctic |
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ARCTIC Predation of Belugas and Narwhals by Polar Bears in Nearshore Areas of the Canadian High Arctic |
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arctic predation of belugas and narwhals by polar bears in nearshore areas of the canadian high arctic |
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ENVELOPE(-93.834,-93.834,74.118,74.118) ENVELOPE(-93.500,-93.500,73.251,73.251) |
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Arctic Cunningham Inlet Somerset Island |
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