Summer Activity Sensor Data from Collars Deployed on Female Polar Bears in the Chukchi Sea 1989 to 1995 and Southern Beaufort Sea 1989 to 2014

• Main Author: Rode, Karyn D.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: U.S. Geological Survey 2017
• Subjects: polar bear, ursus maritimus, mammals, energetics, physical activity, marine, vertebrates, Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5066/f7b27sch; https://alaska.usgs.gov/products/data.php?dataid=105

These are data collected from two types of activity sensors housed within collars deployed on female polar bears in the Chukchi and southern Beaufort Seas during the months of July through October between 1989 and 2014. Mercury tip-switches were deployed 1989 to 2009 and accelerometers were deployed 2009-2014. Activity sensor readings were related to habitats used by polar bears as described in the methods below. Used to identify activity patterns of wild polar bears relative to seasons, diurnal patterns, and changes in habitat and environmental conditions.