Feeding of Bearded Seals in the Bering and Chukchi Seas and Trophic Interaction with Pacific Walruses

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lowry, Lloyd F., Frost, Kathryn J., Burns, John J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1980
• Subjects: Age; Animal behaviour; Animal food; Biological sampling; Clams; Crabs; Dentition; Fishes; Internal organs; Isopoda; Invertebrates; Necropsy; Pinnipedia; Polychaeta; Predation; Seals (Animals); Shrimp; Snails; Walruses; Alaskan waters; Bering Sea; Chukchi Sea; Bering Strait; Norton Sound; Pacific; Arctic; Chukchi; Erignathus barbatus; Odobenus rosmarus; walrus*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65618

Current and historical information about food habits of bearded seals, Erignathus barbatus, are presented. Shrimps, crabs, and clams are overall the most important prey. Proportions of different prey in the diet vary with age of seals, location, and time of year. Foods of male and female seals are s...