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Serum Urea and Creatinine Levels of Spring-caught Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort Sea, 1983-2016, and Chukchi Sea, 1987-1993

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1983
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2016

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USGS Alaska Science Center, Polar Bear Research Program, 2017, Serum Urea and Creatinine Levels of Spring-caught Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort Sea, 1983-2016, and Chukchi Sea, 1987-1993: U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7SQ8XJC.

Summary

These data are serum urea nitrogen and creatinine levels for polar bears captured in the southern Beaufort Sea 1983-2016 and the Chukchi Sea 1987-1993. The dataset includes relevant information about the bears that were captured including the latitude and longitude of their capture location, capture date, age class and sex, the age and number of cubs accompanying an adult female, and whether the bear denned during the previous winter or exhibited signs of being engaged in mating behavior at the time of or just prior to capture.

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PolarBearFastingData.csv 53.63 KB text/csv
PolarBear_SerumUreaCreatinineLevels_metadata.html 59.46 KB text/html

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These data were used to determine if bears had eaten in the 7-10 days prior to capture and examine spatial and temporal patterns in feeding behavior.

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