Description
These were data collected from polar bears from the southern Beaufort Sea during the spring between 2004 and 2016. Data include individual bear identification, age and sex class, capture date, capture year, open water season lengths, melt season length, and diet composition (expressed as a percentage of prey species). These data were used to determine whether polar bear diets have recently changed or remained stable over time.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Metadata | XML | The metadata original format | Open resource |
| Digital Data | XML | Landing page for access to the data | Open resource |
Tags
- alaska
- animals-vertebrates
- bears
- beaufort-sea
- biota
- body-composition
- carnivores
- coastal-ecosystems
- diets
- environment
- health-and-disease
- keystone-species
- mammals
- marine-ecosystems
- marine-mammals
- polar-bear
- qfasa
- quantitative-fatty-acid-signature-analysis
- species-life-history
- terrestrial-ecosystems
- ursus-maritimus
- usgs-asc556
- wildlife
- wildlife-food-habits