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Spatial Extent of Data

USGS Data Source

USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Marine ecosystems, Wildlife, Coastal ecosystems, Telemetry

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Environment, Biota

Other Subject Keywords

Video Camera Collar, Carnivores, Polar Bear, Bioenergetics, Marine mammals, Species life history, Bears, Ursus maritimus, Locations, Physical activity, Behavior, Animals/Vertebrates, Mammals, Metabolism

Place Keywords

Beaufort Sea, Alaska

Metabolic Rate, Body Composition, Foraging Success, Behavior, and GPS Locations of Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus), Beaufort Sea, Spring, 2014-2016 and Resting Energetics of an Adult Female Polar Bear

This data package includes 5 child items with data from 9 female polar bears without dependent young in the southern Beaufort Sea in April 2014-2016. Child Item 1: "Doubly-labeled Water, Deuterium Dilution, Body Mass, and Blood Biochemistry Data from Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort Sea by the USGS in April 2014-2016" Child Item 2: "Resting Metabolic Rates of a Captive Adult Female Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) at the San Diego Zoo" Child Item 3: "Behavior Data from Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Instrumented in the Southern Beaufort Sea with Video Camera Collars by the USGS in April 2014-2016" Child Item 4: "Archival Logger Data from Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) of the Southern Beaufort Sea by the USGS, April 2014-2016" Child Item 5: "GPS Location Data from Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) Instrumented in the Southern Beaufort Sea with Video Camera Collars equipped with Satellite-linked GPS Receivers by the USGS in April 2014-2016"

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Author(s) Anthony M Pagano orcid
Publication Date 2018-01-08
Beginning Date of Data 2014-04-07
Ending Date of Data 2016-04-21
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XW4H0P
Citation Pagano, A.M., 2018, Metabolic Rate, Body Composition, Foraging Success, Behavior, and GPS Locations of Female Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus), Beaufort Sea, Spring, 2014-2016 and Resting Energetics of an Adult Female Polar Bear: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7XW4H0P.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2024-12-18
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