Modeling ringed seal Pusa hispida habitat and lair emergence timing in the eastern Bering and Chukchi Seas

• Published in: Endangered Species Research
• Main Authors: JM Lindsay, KL Laidre, PB Conn, EE Moreland, PL Boveng
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2021
• Subjects: Zoology; QL1-991; Botany; QK1-989; Arctic; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Lair; Chukchi; Climate change; Pusa hispida; ringed seal; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr01140; https://doaj.org/article/46cd210b1a9347efb3a82b9c460ee966

Ringed seals Pusa hispida are reliant on snow and sea ice for denning, and a better understanding of ringed seal habitat selection and timing of emergence from snow dens (also called lairs) is needed to quantify and predict effects of climate change in the Arctic. We used generalized additive models...