Nunavut ringed seal monitoring

Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada (Northern Contaminants program) have been working with Nunavut community Hunters and Trappers Organizations and the

Nunavut Wildlife Management Board consistently since 1980 to collect samples from harvested ringed seals. The majority of seals were measured in the field by Inuit hunters who recorded date of kill, sex and blubber depth at sternum (0.5 cm). The data from the harvested animals are used to evaluate stressors and overall seal health, in the Canadian Arctic.

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Date ( RI_366 )
1990-07
Date ( RI_367 )
2020-07
RI_412
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Kevin Jacobs ( Physical Scientist (Data) )
501 University Cres , Winnipeg , Manitoba , R3T 2N6 , Canada
RI_415
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Steve Ferguson ( Research Scientist )
501 University Cres , Winnipeg , Manitoba , R3T 2N6 , Canada
204-983-5057
Purpose
To provide long-term data on the population dynamics and health of ringed seals in the Canadian Arctic.
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Version 6.0.0.0.0 NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords Version 6.0.0.0.0 ( RI_528 )
  • Marine Habitat
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Fisheries resources
  • Mammals
  • Marine biology
DFO Areas Zones du MPO ( RI_525 )
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Baffin Bay
  • Canadian Basin
  • Hudson Bay and James Bay
  • Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Classification
unclassified; nonClassifié RI_484
Spatial representation type
textTable; texteTable RI_637
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Biota
  • Environment
Begin date
1990-08
End date
2005-03
Description
The study area ranged from southern Hudson Bay (Sanikiluaq) to northern Ellesmere Island (Eureka) and from the east coast of Baffin Island (Pangnirtung) to Resolute Bay
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PARAMETERS COLLECTED:

Date of kill

Community

Sex

length

girth

weight

age

fat thickness

population (core versus peripheral)

CITATION LIST:

Steven H. Ferguson, David J. Yurkowski, Brent G. Young, Aaron T. Fisk, Derek C. G. Muir, Xinhua Zhu and Gregory W. Thiemann. 2020. Comparing temporal patterns in body condition of ringed seals

living within their core geographic range with those living at the edge. Ecography 43: 1–15,.

Steven H. Ferguson, Xinhua Zhu, Brent G. Young, David J. Yurkowski, Gregory W. Thiemann,

Aaron T. Fisk, and Derek C.G. Muir. 2018. Geographic variation in ringed seal (Pusa hispida) growth rate and body size. Canadian Journal of Zoology 96: 649–659.

Steven H. Ferguson; David J. Yurkowski; Brent G. Young; Cornelia Willing; Xinhua Zhu; Derek C. G. Muir; Aaron T. Fisk; Gregory W. Thiemann. 2019. Do intraspecific life history patterns follow interspecific predictions? A test using latitudinal variation in ringed seals. Population Ecology 2019;1–12.

Steven H. Ferguson; Brent G. Young; David J. Yurkowski; Randi Anderson; Cornelia Willing; and Ole Nielsen. 2017. Demographic, ecological, and physiological responses of ringed seals to

an abrupt decline in sea ice availability. PeerJ 5:e2957.
Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4269
Distribution format
  • CSV ( n/a )

RI_414
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Brent Young ( Aquatic Science Biologist )
501 University Cres , Winnipeg , Manitoba , R3T 2N6 , Canada
(204) 984-2425
OnLine resource
Nunavut ringed seal monitoring ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Nunavut ringed seal monitoring ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Nunavut ringed seal monitoring ( HTTPS )

Dataset;CSV;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Data dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng,fra

File identifier
1318c39f-74ca-4f8a-b81c-95e1694553eb XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-02-06T12:39:30.199Z
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_409
  Government of Canada; Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Brent Young ( Aquatic Science Biologist )
501 University Cres , Winnipeg , Manitoba , R3T 2N6 , Canada
(204) 984-2425
 
 

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