Foraging Ecology and Contaminant Burdens of Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida) in the Central Canadian Arctic

• Main Author: Ross, Tyler Robert
• Other Authors: Thiemann, Gregory
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Biology; Ringed Seal; Pusa hispida; Phoca hispida; Arctic; Foraging Ecology; Fatty Acids; Stable Isotopes; Contaminants; Gulf of Boothia; ringed seal; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/handle/10315/37463

Increasing temperatures have led to declines in the extent of Arctic sea ice. Due to their reliance on sea ice and central position within Arctic marine food webs, ringed seals (Pusa hispida) are particularly vulnerable to these climate-mediated changes. I sought to investigate factors affecting rin...