The distribution and abundance of seals in the eastern Beaufort Sea / Ian Stirling and Ralph Archibald, Canadian Wildlife Service, Dept. of the Environment, and Douglas DeMaster, Department of Ecology...: En3-6/1E-PDF

"The two main seal species which occur in the Beaufort Sea are the ringed seal (Phoca hispida) and the bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus). Harvest of these seals provides an important part of the Inuit economy. In addition, the seals support the polar bear (Ursus maritimus ) population of the western Arctic and, to a substantial degree, the arctic fox (Alopex lagopus), both of which are also important to the Inuit economy and culture"--Summary.

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Department/Agency Canada. Environment Canada.
Beaufort Sea Project (Canada)
Title The distribution and abundance of seals in the eastern Beaufort Sea / Ian Stirling and Ralph Archibald, Canadian Wildlife Service, Dept. of the Environment, and Douglas DeMaster, Department of Ecology and Behaviorial Biology, University of Minnesota.
Series title Beaufort Sea technical report ; #1
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-58).
Publishing information Victoria, B.C. : Beaufort Sea Project, Dept. of the Environment, December, 1975.
Author / Contributor Stirling, Ian, author.
Archibald, W. R.‏ (William Ralph), 1948- author.
DeMaster, Douglas, author.
Description 1 online resource (ii, 58 pages) : charts, photographs.
Catalogue number
  • En3-6/1E-PDF
Subject terms Seals
Population distribution
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