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Bearded Seal and Walrus Health Assessment

Hunters allow collection of samples from their subsistence hunted bearded seal and walrus. In 2008 and 2009, Greta Krafsur, a veterinary student at Colorado State University, carried out this work with help from DWM personnel and graduate students from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The majority of samples she collected were from the villages of Wainwright and Barrow. We are now beginning to receive results from the analysis of many of these samples (see the preliminary reports below). Raphaela Stimmelmayr, research biologist and wildlife veterinarian for NSB-DWM, will continue this work into the coming years.

Publications: Seymour, J., et al. 2014. Inter-annual variability in the proportional contribution of higher trophic levels to the diet of Pacific walruses. Polar Biology 37:5, 597-609.

Seymour, J., et al. 2014. Proportion of higher trophic-level prey in the diet of Pacific walruses (Odobenus rosmarus divergens). Polar Biology DOI 10.1007/s00300-014-1492-z.

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Additional Info

Field Value
ISO Topics biota
Primary Contact Raphaela Stimmelmayr
Primary Organization North Slope Borough
Other Organizations Colorado State University, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Organization Types Academic, Local, State
Start Date 2008-01-01
Created February 23, 2016, 01:42 (AKST)
Last Updated July 1, 2021, 21:10 (AKDT)