Seal Occurrence and Habitat Use during Summer in Petermann Fjord, Northwestern Greenland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Lomac-MacNair, Kate, Jakobsson, Martin, Mix, Alan, Freire, Francis, Hogan, Kelly, Mayer, Larry, Smultea, Mari A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2018
• Subjects: Petermann Glacier; marine mammals; ice-tongue fjord; Arctic seals; sea ice; Pusa hispida; Erignathus barbatus; Crystophora cristata; Pagophilus groenlandicus; glacier Petermann; mammifères marins; langue glaciaire de fjord; phoques de l’Arctique; glace marine; Arctic; Barbu; Détroit de Nares; Greenland; Nares; Petermann Fjord; Phoques; Vêlage; Arctique*; bearded seal; glacier; Groenland; Harp Seal; hooded seal; Nares strait; oden; Petermann glacier; phoque à capuchon; phoque annelé; Phoque barbu; Phoque du Groenland; ringed seal; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67773

Ice-associated seals are considered especially susceptible and are potentially the first to modify distribution and habitat use in response to physical changes associated with the changing climate. Petermann Glacier, part of a unique ice-tongue fjord environment in a rarely studied region of northwe...