Incidental Sighting of a Ribbon Seal (Phoca fasciata) in the Western Beaufort Sea
On 29 August 1983, an adult ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata) was seen by one of us (EIB) resting on ice in the western Beaufort Sea (71 41 N, 152 41 W), during the course of an aerial survey. The seal did not move from the ice when over-flown at 200 m, and was positively identified by its distinctive pe...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65256 2023-05-15T14:18:54+02:00 Incidental Sighting of a Ribbon Seal (Phoca fasciata) in the Western Beaufort Sea Moore, Sue E. Barrowclough, Edith I. 1984-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65256 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65256/49170 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65256 ARCTIC; Vol. 37 No. 3 (1984): September: 195–320; 290 1923-1245 0004-0843 Aerial surveys Animal distribution Seals (Animals) Winter ecology Alaskan Beaufort Sea info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1984 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:19Z On 29 August 1983, an adult ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata) was seen by one of us (EIB) resting on ice in the western Beaufort Sea (71 41 N, 152 41 W), during the course of an aerial survey. The seal did not move from the ice when over-flown at 200 m, and was positively identified by its distinctive pelage. Ribbon seals are commonly found along the ice front in the Bering Sea in winter and early spring, then disperse in late spring as the sea ice breaks up and presumably become solitary and pelagic with poorly known distribution in the summer (Wilke, 1954; Naito and Konno, 1979; Burns, 1970, 1981; Stewart and Everett, 1983). Ribbon seals are rarely seen or taken by Eskimo hunters from coastal villages north of the Bering Strait, and sightings at Wainwright and Point Barrow in the northern Chukchi Sea have been described as "most unusual" (Burns, 1981). . The observed ribbon seal may have drifted north and east with the ice from the Chukchi Sea during the summer. To our knowledge, this report constitutes the northeasternmost record of a ribbon seal. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Beaufort Sea Bering Sea Bering Strait Chukchi Chukchi Sea eskimo* Point Barrow Sea ice University of Calgary Journal Hosting Bering Sea Bering Strait Chukchi Sea ARCTIC 37 3 |
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On 29 August 1983, an adult ribbon seal (Phoca fasciata) was seen by one of us (EIB) resting on ice in the western Beaufort Sea (71 41 N, 152 41 W), during the course of an aerial survey. The seal did not move from the ice when over-flown at 200 m, and was positively identified by its distinctive pelage. Ribbon seals are commonly found along the ice front in the Bering Sea in winter and early spring, then disperse in late spring as the sea ice breaks up and presumably become solitary and pelagic with poorly known distribution in the summer (Wilke, 1954; Naito and Konno, 1979; Burns, 1970, 1981; Stewart and Everett, 1983). Ribbon seals are rarely seen or taken by Eskimo hunters from coastal villages north of the Bering Strait, and sightings at Wainwright and Point Barrow in the northern Chukchi Sea have been described as "most unusual" (Burns, 1981). . The observed ribbon seal may have drifted north and east with the ice from the Chukchi Sea during the summer. To our knowledge, this report constitutes the northeasternmost record of a ribbon seal. |
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Incidental Sighting of a Ribbon Seal (Phoca fasciata) in the Western Beaufort Sea |
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Incidental Sighting of a Ribbon Seal (Phoca fasciata) in the Western Beaufort Sea |
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Incidental Sighting of a Ribbon Seal (Phoca fasciata) in the Western Beaufort Sea |
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Incidental Sighting of a Ribbon Seal (Phoca fasciata) in the Western Beaufort Sea |
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Incidental Sighting of a Ribbon Seal (Phoca fasciata) in the Western Beaufort Sea |
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incidental sighting of a ribbon seal (phoca fasciata) in the western beaufort sea |
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