Data from: Dietary habits of polar bears in Foxe Basin, Canada: possible evidence of a trophic regime shift mediated by a new top predator

• Main Authors: Galicia, Melissa P., Thiemann, Gregory W., Dyck, Markus G., Ferguson, Steven H., Higdon, Jeff W.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Dryad Digital Repository 2017
• Subjects: Foxe Basin; polar bear; Marine mammals; Fatty acid; Life sciences; medicine and health care; envir; geo; Nunavut; Canada; Hudson; Hudson Strait; Balaena mysticetus; bowhead whale; Harp Seal; Killer Whale; Odobenus rosmarus; Orca; Orcinus orca; Pagophilus groenlandicus; Pusa hispida; ringed seal; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus; Killer whale; walrus*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.k6618

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulations in several areas with seasonal sea ice regimes have shown declines in body condition, reproductive rates, or abundance as a result of declining sea ice habitat. In the Foxe Basin region of Nunavut, Canada, the size of the polar bear subpopulation has remai...