Summer Diet of the Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) in the Canadian High Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Finley, K.J., Evans, C.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Animal food; Arctic cod; Biological sampling; Eelpouts; Internal organs; Invertebrates; Necropsy; Sculpins; Seals (Animals); Baffin Island waters; Nunavut; Ellesmere Island waters; Arctic; Baffin Island; Ellesmere Island; Boreas; Phoques; Pond Inlet; Grise Fiord; Arctogadus glacialis; Baffin; bearded seal; Boreogadus saida; Erignathus barbatus; polar cod
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65298

Stomach contents of 34 bearded seals taken in three High Arctic localities (Grise Fiord, Pond Inlet and Clyde) during the summers from 1978-1980 were examined. At least 12 species of fish were present but sculpins (Cottidae) and arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) comprised the bulk of the diet. Eelpouts...