Variation in Ringed Seal Density and Abundance in Western Hudson Bay Estimated from Aerial Surveys, 1995 to 2013

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Young, Brent G., Ferguson, Steven H., Lunn, Nicholas J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2015
• Subjects: ringed seal; Pusa hispida; density; abundance; aerial survey; sea ice; Hudson Bay; decline; phoque annelé; densité; abondance; levé aérien; glace de mer; baie d’Hudson; diminution; Arctic; Canada; Hudson; Phoques; Arctique*; inuit; inuites; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67545

We conducted systematic aerial surveys of ringed seals along strip transects in western Hudson Bay (WHB), Canada, in late May to early June of 1995–97, 1999, 2000, 2007–10, and 2013. The density of ringed seals hauled out on ice over the entire study area ranged from 1.22 seals/km2 in 1995, to 0.20...