Factors Affecting the Observed Densities of Ringed Seals, Phoca hispida, in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, 1996-99

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Frost, Kathryn J., Lowry, Lloyd F., Pendleton, Grey, Nute, Helen R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2004
• Subjects: ringed seal; Phoca hispida; habitat relationships; aerial surveys; Beaufort Sea; generalized linear model; phoque annelé; relations au sein de l’habitat; relevés aériens; mer de Beaufort; modèle linéaire généralisé; Mer de Beaufort; Phoques; Arctic; banquise; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63549

Aerial surveys were conducted during late May and early June 1996-99 in the central Beaufort Sea of Alaska, using strip-transect methods. The purpose of these surveys was to quantify and model the effects of environmental covariates on ringed seal counts and to provide density estimates that would b...