Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) resource selection in the Northern Bering Sea.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Chadwick V Jay, Jacqueline M Grebmeier, Anthony S Fischbach, Trent L McDonald, Lee W Cooper, Fawn Hornsby
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Bering Sea; Pacific; Lawrence Island; Chukchi; Odobenus rosmarus; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island; walrus*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0093035; https://doaj.org/article/12cbefbe22994f16833afab1a09d19a3

The Pacific walrus is a large benthivore with an annual range extending across the continental shelves of the Bering and Chukchi Seas. We used a discrete choice model to estimate site selection by adult radio-tagged walruses relative to the availability of the caloric biomass of benthic infauna and...