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Ikonomou et al. [23] suggested that at current rates of bioaccumulation, PBDEs will surpass PCBs to become the most prevalent contaminant in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in the Canadian Arctic by 2050.
Climate change, interactive changes and stresses in the Arctic 2010
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It creates unique and necessary habitat for northern species (e.g., ringed seal (Phoca hispida) birth lairs) and brackish under-ice migration corridors for fish.
Marine Arctic 2009
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Five seal species are exploited in Greenland, with harp and ring ( '' Phoca hispida '') seals by far the most important.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Central North Atlantic (Iceland and Greenland) 2009
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For example polar bears, at the top of the marine food chain, accumulate contaminants by eating ringed seals (Phoca hispida) and other marine mammals.
Climate change and terrestrial wildlife management in the Canadian North 2009
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During the major cooling of the Arctic around AD 1400 to 1700, the Inuit are thought to have adapted by hunting ringed seals (Phoca hispida) which became more plentiful as the sea ice extended [38].
Potential impacts of indirect mechanisms of climate change on human health in the Arctic 2009
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A distinctive large breeding population of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) inhabiting the Baffin Bay pack ice.
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The polar bear was the last animal to be offered full protection until the Obama administration listed Phyllostegia hispida last month — a 10-month span of virtual standstill for the program.
List Limbo 2009
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Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) breeding in the drifting pack ice of the Barents Sea.
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The newest report by WildEarth Guardians will praise the government's recent endangered listings: the polar bear last summer and a Hawaiian plant species called Phyllostegia hispida last month.
List Limbo 2009
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Ringed seals (Phoca hispida), bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus), and hooded seals (Cystophora cristata) are widely hunted in Greenland and Canada.
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