Description
These are data collected from polar bears from the southern Beaufort Seas during the spring and fall between 2004 and 2011. Data include individual ID, sex and age class, presence of dependent young, season of sample collection, total mercury concentration derived from a hair sample, estimate of annual diet proportion, and indices of body condition.
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
- carnivores
- coastal-ecosystems
- contaminants
- diets
- environment
- mammals
- marine-ecosystems
- marine-mammals
- mercury-levels
- polar-bears
- qfasa
- quantitative-fatty-acid-signature-analysis
- trophic-dynamics
- ursus-maritimus
- usgs-asc518
- wildlife
- wildlife-food-habits