Studies of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) in its breeding habitat in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard
This study was conducted in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, from mid-March through April 1984. Local Greenland sled dogs were used to locate subnivean ringed seal lairs. A total of 90 lairs were found and excavated. Thesc constituted 28 lairs classified as birth lairs, 22 as tiggak (rutting male) lairs. and...
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ftjpolarres:oai:journals.openacademia.net:article/2492 2023-05-15T15:03:23+02:00 Studies of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) in its breeding habitat in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard Lydersen, Christian Gjertz, Ian 1986-01-05 application/pdf https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2492 https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v4i1.6920 eng eng Norwegian Polar Institute https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2492/5743 https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2492 doi:10.3402/polar.v4i1.6920 Copyright (c) 2018 Polar Research Polar Research; Vol. 4 No. 1 (1986); 57-63 1751-8369 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1986 ftjpolarres https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v4i1.6920 2021-11-11T19:12:43Z This study was conducted in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, from mid-March through April 1984. Local Greenland sled dogs were used to locate subnivean ringed seal lairs. A total of 90 lairs were found and excavated. Thesc constituted 28 lairs classified as birth lairs, 22 as tiggak (rutting male) lairs. and 40 which could not be classified. The first birth lair was found on 24 March. There was significantly more snow covering birth lairs than tiggak lairs, and birth lairs were also shown to be significantly larger than tiggak lairs. The positions of the lairs wcre plotted on a map, and distances between neighbouring seal lairs were used as an indicator of territorial size. Arctic foxes had attacked 19 lairs and 6 of these had resulted in a kill (32%). Polar bears had attacked 13 lairs with one kill (8%). Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Greenland Kongsfjord* Kongsfjorden Phoca hispida Polar Research ringed seal Svalbard Polar Research (E-Journal) Arctic Svalbard Greenland Lair ENVELOPE(-61.040,-61.040,-62.618,-62.618) Tiggak ENVELOPE(-53.383,-53.383,67.500,67.500) Polar Research 4 1 57 63 |
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This study was conducted in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, from mid-March through April 1984. Local Greenland sled dogs were used to locate subnivean ringed seal lairs. A total of 90 lairs were found and excavated. Thesc constituted 28 lairs classified as birth lairs, 22 as tiggak (rutting male) lairs. and 40 which could not be classified. The first birth lair was found on 24 March. There was significantly more snow covering birth lairs than tiggak lairs, and birth lairs were also shown to be significantly larger than tiggak lairs. The positions of the lairs wcre plotted on a map, and distances between neighbouring seal lairs were used as an indicator of territorial size. Arctic foxes had attacked 19 lairs and 6 of these had resulted in a kill (32%). Polar bears had attacked 13 lairs with one kill (8%). |
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Lydersen, Christian Gjertz, Ian Studies of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) in its breeding habitat in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Studies of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) in its breeding habitat in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Studies of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) in its breeding habitat in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Studies of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) in its breeding habitat in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Studies of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) in its breeding habitat in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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Studies of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida Schreber 1775) in its breeding habitat in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard |
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studies of the ringed seal (phoca hispida schreber 1775) in its breeding habitat in kongsfjorden, svalbard |
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ENVELOPE(-61.040,-61.040,-62.618,-62.618) ENVELOPE(-53.383,-53.383,67.500,67.500) |
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