00000nam 2200000zi 4500 9.877100 CaOODSP 20241203113650 m o d f cr ||||||||||| 190731e197512##bccdo obt f00| 0 eng d CaOODSP eng rda CaOODSP r------ En3-6/1E-PDF Stirling, Ian, author. 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. Victoria, B.C. : Beaufort Sea Project, Dept. of the Environment, December, 1975. 1 online resource (ii, 58 pages) : charts, photographs. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Beaufort Sea technical report ; #1 Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 56-58). "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. gccst Seals gccst Population distribution Archibald, W. R.‏ (William Ralph), 1948- author. DeMaster, Douglas, author. Canada. Environment Canada. Beaufort Sea Project (Canada) Beaufort Sea technical report ; #1. (CaOODSP)9.867527 PDF 10.56 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2019/eccc/En3-6-1-eng.pdf