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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

Wildlife, Coastal ecosystems, Marine ecosystems

ISO 19115 Topic Category

Biota, Environment

Other Subject Keywords

Diets, Carnivores, Bearded Seal, QFASA, Bears, Pusa hispida, Ringed Seal, Marine mammals, Erignathus barbatus, Wildlife food habits, Polar Bears, Trophic Dynamics, Animals/Vertebrates, Quantitative fatty acid signature analysis, Ursus maritimus, Mammals, Age composition

Place Keywords

Alaska, Chukchi Sea

Fatty Acid Composition of Polar Bear Adipose Tissue and Ringed and Bearded Seal Blubber Collected in the Chukchi Sea, 2008-2017

These data are the fatty acid compositions (in %) of adipose tissue samples collected from polar bears and of blubber samples collected from ringed and bearded seal killed by polar bears in the Chukchi Sea, 2008-2017. The dataset includes sex, age, and age class of the bears that were sampled. The data are provided as % of each fatty acid identified via nomenclature that describes the structure of each fatty acid.

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Author(s) Karyn D Rode orcid, Alaska Science USGS
Publication Date 2021-01-20
Beginning Date of Data 2008
Ending Date of Data 2017
Data Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P92CRWOP
Citation Rode, K.D., and USGS, A.S., 2021, Fatty Acid Composition of Polar Bear Adipose Tissue and Ringed and Bearded Seal Blubber Collected in the Chukchi Sea, 2008-2017: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P92CRWOP.
Metadata Contact
U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center
Metadata Date 2022-10-16
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