Seal and polar bear behavioral response to an icebreaker vessel in northwest Greenland

• Main Authors: Lomac-MacNair, Kate, Andrade, José Pedro, Esteves, Eduardo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Jack H Berryman Inst 2019
• Subjects: Harbor seals; Ursus-maritimus; Habitat use; Ice; Conservation; Disturbance; Impacts; Shelf; Arctic; Greenland; Nares; Petermann Fjord; bearded seal; Erignathus barbatus; Harp Seal; hooded seal; Nares strait; oden; Pagophilus groenlandicus; Pusa hispida; ringed seal; Thule; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/14250

Icebreaker vessels are important scientific tools, enabling access and research within the polar regions of the world, including the High Arctic. These vessels have the potential to overlap with marine mammal habitats in infrequently studied areas. Marine mammal behavioral responses to icebreaker ve...