Sentences with phrase «ice habitat available»
«These spring and fall transitions bound the period when there is good ice habitat available for bears to feed,» Laidre said.
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Recruitment is related to the winter sea ice cover from the previous year, as diminished sea ice cover reduces habitat available for over-wintering juvenile and adult krill and reduces the size of the food - rich marginal sea ice zone in summer.
Such observations support the hypothesis that reduced ice increases available foraging habitat and consequently the western Arctic's carrying capacity.
Polar bears today are also well distributed throughout their available habitat (winter sea ice), which is a recognized characteristic of a healthy species.