Ringed Seals and Sea Ice in Canada’s Western Arctic: Harvest-Based Monitoring 1992–2011

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Harwood, Lois A., Smith, Thomas G., Melling, Humfrey, Alikamik, John, Kingsley, Michael C.S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2012
• Subjects: ringed seal; Phoca hispida; ovulation; reproductive failure; body condition; Amundsen Gulf; Prince Albert Sound; sea ice; subsistence harvest; ice clearance; phoque annelé; échec de reproduction; état corporel; golfe Amundsen; détroit de Prince-Albert; glace de mer; récolte de subsistance; debacle; Arctic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67283

We examined the relationship between ringed seal body condition and reproduction and spring sea ice conditions in prime ringed seal habitat in Canada’s western Arctic during 1992 – 2011. Since 1970, ice conditions in east Amundsen Gulf and west Prince Albert Sound have shown only a slight trend towa...