Recent Records of Hooded Seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the Western Beaufort Sea

Three records of hooded seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the western Beaufort Sea were obtained between 1970 and 1975. Two of these sightings were verified. The third seal was identified based on descriptions from Eskimo informants. During a period of 106 days in captivity, seal Number 2 in...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Authors: Burns, John J., Gavin, Angus
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
Subjects:
Animal distribution
Seals (Animals)
Alaskan Beaufort Sea
Arctic
Beaufort Sea
Cystophora cristata
eskimo*
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spelling ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/65617 2023-05-15T14:19:17+02:00 Recent Records of Hooded Seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the Western Beaufort Sea Burns, John J. Gavin, Angus 1980-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65617 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65617/49531 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65617 ARCTIC; Vol. 33 No. 2 (1980): June: 221–381; 326-329 1923-1245 0004-0843 Animal distribution Seals (Animals) Alaskan Beaufort Sea info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1980 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:22:40Z Three records of hooded seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the western Beaufort Sea were obtained between 1970 and 1975. Two of these sightings were verified. The third seal was identified based on descriptions from Eskimo informants. During a period of 106 days in captivity, seal Number 2 increased in weight by 51% at a rate of 0.45 kg per day. Its length increased by 12.3 cm. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Beaufort Sea Cystophora cristata eskimo* University of Calgary Journal Hosting ARCTIC 33 2
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Seals (Animals)
Alaskan Beaufort Sea
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Seals (Animals)
Alaskan Beaufort Sea
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Gavin, Angus
Recent Records of Hooded Seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the Western Beaufort Sea
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Seals (Animals)
Alaskan Beaufort Sea
description Three records of hooded seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the western Beaufort Sea were obtained between 1970 and 1975. Two of these sightings were verified. The third seal was identified based on descriptions from Eskimo informants. During a period of 106 days in captivity, seal Number 2 increased in weight by 51% at a rate of 0.45 kg per day. Its length increased by 12.3 cm.
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title Recent Records of Hooded Seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the Western Beaufort Sea
title_short Recent Records of Hooded Seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the Western Beaufort Sea
title_full Recent Records of Hooded Seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the Western Beaufort Sea
title_fullStr Recent Records of Hooded Seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the Western Beaufort Sea
title_full_unstemmed Recent Records of Hooded Seals, Cystophora cristata Erxleben, from the Western Beaufort Sea
title_sort recent records of hooded seals, cystophora cristata erxleben, from the western beaufort sea
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