Multi-dietary tracer approach reveals little overlap in foraging ecology between seasonally sympatric ringed and harp seals in the high Arctic

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: Jean-Pierre Desforges, Doreen Kohlbach, Cody G. Carlyle, Christine Michel, Lisa L. Loseto, Bruno Rosenberg, David J. Yurkowski, Steven H. Ferguson
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: arctic; feeding ecology; HBI; sympagic carbon; stable isotope; fatty acid; Science; Q; General. Including nature conservation; geographical distribution; QH1-199.5; Arctic; Nunavut; Baffin Bay; Pond Inlet; Baffin; Climate change; Pagophilus groenlandicus; Pusa hispida; ringed seal; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.969327; https://doaj.org/article/632146dd6e0144b1be381c63f172c7e7

The rapid rate of climate change in the Arctic is causing broad-scale changes to the physical environment and biological communities. Characterizing the foraging ecology and habitat use of Arctic marine top predators of high ecological and cultural significance is essential to our understanding of t...