Applying landscape fragmentation analysis to icescape environments: potential impacts for the Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Anthony Himmelberger, Karen E. Frey, Florencia Sangermano
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2022
• Subjects: cryosphere; climate change; sea ice; remote sensing; landsat; sea ice-obligate species; geo; envir; Arctic; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Lawrence Island; Pacific; Chukchi; Climate change; Odobenus rosmarus; Polar Research; Sea ice; St Lawrence Island; Alaska; walrus*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.33265/polar.v41.5169; https://doaj.org/article/4e0e42b98c5a4d5f8275963c58ce4f22

Sea-ice cover across the Arctic has declined rapidly over the past several decades owing to amplified climate warming. The Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens) relies on sea-ice floes in the St. Lawrence Island (SLI) and Wainwright regions of the Bering and Chukchi seas surrounding Alaska as...