The ecology of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and interactions with seabirds, seals, and whales in the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Author: Matley, Jordan
• Other Authors: Dick, Terry (Biological Sciences), Fisk, Aaron (Biological Sciences) Baydack, Rick (Environment and Geography)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2012
• Subjects: foraging; diet; stable isotopes; school; predator; food web; migration; kleptoparasitism; niche; diet-tissue discrimination factor; northern fulmar; black-legged kittiwake; glaucous gull; parasitic jaeger; ringed seal; narwhal; beluga; Arctic; Fulmar; Arctic cod; Beluga; Beluga*; Black-legged Kittiwake; Boreogadus saida; Delphinapterus leucas; Fulmarus glacialis; Glaucous Gull; Larus hyperboreus; Monodon monoceros; narwhal*; Northern Fulmar; Parasitic Jaeger; Polar Biology; Pusa hispida; rissa tridactyla; Stercorarius parasiticus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/8868

This thesis investigates the foraging of Arctic cod (Boreogadus saida) and its predators during the summer in the Canadian Arctic. Findings included the identification of Arctic cod, ringed seal (Pusa hispida), beluga (Delphinapterus leucas), and narwhal (Monodon monoceros) diet shifts in response t...