Data_Sheet_1_Harbor Seals as Sentinels of Ice Dynamics in Tidewater Glacier Fjords.PDF

• Main Authors: Jamie N. Womble (10737231), Perry J. Williams (3253878), Robert W. McNabb (3339564), Anupma Prakash (3339561), Rudiger Gens (3339555), Benjamin S. Sedinger (6636542), Cheyenne R. Acevedo (7065104)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Oceanography; Marine Biology; Marine Geoscience; Biological Oceanography; Chemical Oceanography; Physical Oceanography; Marine Engineering; fjord; habitat; harbor seal; ice; Phoca vitulina richardii; tidewater glacier; trade-offs; Glacier Bay; Hopkins Inlet; glacier; glaciers; Phoca vitulina; Tidewater; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.634541.s001

Tidewater glaciers calve icebergs into the marine environment which serve as pupping, molting, and resting habitat for some of the largest seasonal aggregations of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in the world. Although they are naturally dynamic, advancing and retreating in response to local...