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Multistate Capture and Search Data from the Southern Beaufort Sea Polar Bear Subpopulation in Alaska, 2001-2016

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This data release contains two tables of information on polar bear distributions in the southern Beaufort Sea during spring, from 2001 to 2016. One table provides location (classified into 5 broad regions) of individual bears during the spring. The other table presents the aerial search effort by year and area.

Author(s): Bromaghin, J. F.; Douglas, D. C.; Durner, G. M.; Simac, K. S.; Atwood, T. C.

Suggested Citation:
Bromaghin, J. F., Douglas, D. C., Durner, G. M., Simac, K. S. and Atwood, T. C., 2020, Multistate capture and search data from the southern Beaufort Sea polar bear subpopulation in Alaska, 2001-2016: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A9E5UP.

Referenced Publication(s):

Atwood, T. C., J. F. Bromaghin, V. P. Patil, G. M. Durner, D. C. Douglas, and K. S. Simac. 2020. Analyses on subpopulation abundance and annual number of maternal dens for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort Sea, Alaska. USGS Open-File Report 2020-1087. doi:10.3133/ofr20201087

Durner, G. M., S. C. Amstrup, D. C. Douglas, A. S. Fischbach, J. W. Olson, K. D. Rode, and R. R. Wilson. 2020. Catalogue of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternal den locations in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas and nearby areas, 1910-2018. USGS Data Series 1121. doi:10.3133/ds1121

Bromaghin, J. F., D. C. Douglas, G. M. Durner, K. S. Simac, and T. C. Atwood. 2021. Survival and abundance of polar bears in Alaska's Beaufort Sea, 2001-2016. Ecology and Evolution 11(20):14250-14267. doi:10.1002/ece3.8139


DataID: 301 | doi:10.5066/P9A9E5UP | Date Posted Online: 2020-06-12 | Last Updated: 2023-05-08 12:10:42

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