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Serum Urea and Creatinine Levels of Spring-Caught Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Southern Beaufort and Chukchi Seas

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
1983
End Date
2017
Last Revision
2021-01-20

Citation

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 and Chukchi Seas (ver 2.0, January 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, 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 and 2008-2017. 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. Version History: First release: October 2017 Revised: January 2021 (ver. 2.0)

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Originator :
USGS Alaska Science Center, Polar Bear Research Program
Metadata Contact :
Alaska Science Center
Publisher :
Alaska Science Center
Distributor :
USGS ScienceBase Team
SDC Data Owner :
Alaska Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Ecosystems

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polarBear_serumUreaCreatinine_beaufortChukchi_rode.csv 74.94 KB text/csv
polarBear_serumUreaCreatinine_beaufortChukchi_rode_metadata.html 64.96 KB text/html
versionHistory.txt 1.44 KB text/plain

Purpose

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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  • Alaska Science Center (ASC)

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Version 2.0 posted by ASC Data Management on January 20, 2021. To view changes, see "versionHistory.txt" in the Attached Files section.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/F7SQ8XJC

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