Distinct gut microbiomes in two polar bear subpopulations inhabiting different sea ice ecoregions

Gut microbiomes were analyzed by 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the southern Beaufort Sea (SB), where sea ice loss has led to increased use of land-based food resources by bears, and from East Greenland (EG), where persistent sea ice has allowed hunting of ice-ass...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Franz, Megan, Whyte, Lyle, Atwood, Todd C., Laidre, Kristin L., Roy, Denis, Watson, Sophie E., Góngora, Esteban, McKinney, Melissa A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Research 2022
Subjects:
Bears Gut
Greenland
Beaufort Sea
East Greenland
Sea ice
Ursus maritimus
Online Access:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149057/
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-04340-2
https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149057/1/SW_s41598-021-04340-2.pdf

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