Adaptive long-term fasting in land and ice-bound polar bears: Data Table https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.427 Summary The data sets in the data table have been collected as part of a project to understand how reduced sea ice cover in the Arctic will impact polar bear populations. Bears that stay ashore in summer have almost no access to food and tend to be inactive. Those that stay on the ice, however, have continued access to prey and make extensive movements. Over a three year period, scientists from the University of Wyoming and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) followed the movements of bears in both habitats and monitored their body temperature, muscle condition, blood chemistry, and metabolism. The physiological data will be added to spatially-explicit individual-based population models to predict population response to reduced ice cover. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 106.427 Citation Harlow, H., et al. 2013. Adaptive long-term fasting in land and ice-bound polar bears: Data Table. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.427 Accessed 28 Mar 2024. If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at: datahelp@eol.ucar.edu We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI. Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * ARCSS: NSF Arctic System Science https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ARCSS * ACADIS: Advanced Cooperative Arctic Data and Information Service https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ACADIS Additional information * Frequency: monthly * Progress: completed * Language: English Grant Code NSF 0732713, USGS ISO Topic Categories * biota Categories * Arctic * Biology * Mammals Platforms * Field Surveys * Helicopter Instruments * High-Performance Liquid Chromatograph - HPLC * Mass Spectrometers * Measuring Tape * Visual Observations Sites * Alaska * Arctic Ocean GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > CLIMATE INDICATORS > BIOSPHERIC INDICATORS * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOSPHERE > ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS > SPECIES/POPULATION INTERACTIONS * EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES > MAMMALS > CARNIVORES > BEARS Documentation * polar_bear_dataset_table-3.htm [50 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/427E514885FD/polar_bear_dataset_table-3.htm Related links * companion: 106.428: Polar Bears: Morphological measurements and body condition at capture https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.428 * companion: 106.434: Polar Bears: Breath analyses https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.434 * companion: 106.435: Polar Bears: Location and movements https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.435 * companion: 106.429: Polar Bears: Adipose analyses https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.429 * companion: 106.433: Polar Bears: Muscle analyses https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.433 * companion: 106.432: Polar Bears: Blood analyses https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.432 * companion: 106.436: Polar Bears: Body temperature https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.436 * info: ARCSS Data Policy https://data.eol.ucar.edu/arctic_projects/arcss/Data_Policy.html * homepage: ARCSS EOL Webpage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/arcss Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2008-01-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2011-12-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 80.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 70.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -155.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -122.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Merav Ben-David https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1598 Additional contact information * author: Henry J. Harlow https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1597 * author: Merav Ben-David https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1598 * author: John P. Whiteman https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1599 * author: George M. Durner https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1600 * principalInvestigator: Henry J. Harlow https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1597 * principalInvestigator: Merav Ben-David https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1598 * pointOfContact: John P. Whiteman https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1599 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.427?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/106.427?format=isotc211