Feeding ecology of the Greenland shark under different ice conditions

• Main Authors: Fisk, Aaron, McMeans, Bailey, Fryer, Brian, Idrobo, Carlos, Berkes, Fikret, Arts, Michael, Campana, Steven, Dennard, Susan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Cryospheric Information Network 2016
• Subjects: Climate change; Feeding; Fisheries; Greenland shark; Habitats; Sea ice; Traditional Knowledge; International Polar Year-Feeding ecology of the Greenland shark under different ice conditions; Arctic; Nunavut; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Canada; Greenland; Cumberland Sound; Baffin; International Polar Year; inuit; ringed seal; Turbot; Zooplankton; Copepods
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5443/11452; https://www.polardata.ca/pdcsearch/?doi_id=11452

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...