Mass Natural Mortality of Walruses (Odobenus rosmarus) at St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Autumn 1978

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Fay, Francis H., Kelly, Brendan P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal mortality; Necropsy; Walruses; St. Lawrence Island; Alaska; Bering Sea; Lawrence Island; Arctic; Odobenus rosmarus; St Lawrence Island; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65610

In October-November 1978, several thousand living walruses came ashore in at least four localities on St. Lawrence Island where they had not been present before in this century. They hauled out also at two other sites which they have occupied annually but in much smaller numbers. At least 537 animal...