Estimating risk to ice-breeding pinnipeds from shipping in Arctic and sub-Arctic seas

• Main Authors: Wilson, SC, Crawford, I, Trukhanova, I, Dmitrieva, L, Goodman, SJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Arctic; Okhotsk; Kara Sea; White Sea; Belle Isle; Harp Seal; Newfoundland; okhotsk sea; Pechora; Pechora Sea; ringed seal; Sakhalin; Sea ice; walrus*
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/151126/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/151126/15/1-s2.0-S0308597X19302039-main.pdf

Industrial shipping activity in some Arctic and sub-Arctic seas is increasing during the winter and spring seasons of heavy ice cover. Here, following from a previous study of icebreaker impact on seals in the Caspian Sea, the extent of overlap between shipping and breeding habitat of ice-associated...