Distribution of sex and age groups of ringed seals Pusa hispida in the fast-ice breeding habitat of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard

• Main Authors: Kovacs, Kit M., Krafft, Bjørn, Lydersen, Christian
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: BIOTA; biology; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; SEALS/SEA LIONS/WALRUSES; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; Arctic; Jan Mayen; Svalbard; Kongsfjord*; Kongsfjorden; North Atlantic; Pusa hispida; walrus*
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/25641f4d-ce43-5445-a7df-84f05c377895

Spatial distribution of various age- and sex groups of ringed seals (N = 94; 19 adultmales, 33 adult females and 42 subadults) was studied in their fast-ice breeding habitat in Kongsfjorden,Svalbard, during May 2004. Adult females occupied the inner, most stable ice area, whilesubadults were found p...