Failure of reproduction in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Amundsen Gulf, Northwest Territories in 1984-1987

• Published in: NAMMCO Scientific Publications
• Main Authors: Kingsley, Michael C S, Byers, Tim J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Septentrio Academic Publishing 1998
• Subjects: ringed seals; Phoca hispida; reproductive failure; Canadian Arctic; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Thesiger Bay; Amundsen Gulf
• Online Access: https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/NAMMCOSP/article/view/2989; https://doi.org/10.7557/3.2989

Ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in Thesiger Bay (about 71 °45'N, 125°00'W), in northwestern Amundsen Gulf in the western Canadian Arctic, suffered a failure of pup production in the years before 1987, starting probably in 1984. Pups taken in the summer hunt in the years before 1987 were repor...