Polar Bears: Proceedings of the 14th Working Meeting of the IUCN/SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group, 20-24 June 2005, Seattle, Washington, USA (IUCN Species Survival Commission Occasional Paper)

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
A note on the use of the terms population and subpopulation......Page 6
PBSG members......Page 8
Invited specialists......Page 9
Monday 20 June 2005......Page 12
Thursday 23 June 2005......Page 13
Friday 24 June 2005......Page 14
Monday June 20th 1. Opening and administrative issues......Page 16
2. Summary of research and status of subpopulations by nation and future research priorities......Page 17
Tuesday, June 21st......Page 20
3. Summary of polar bear management by nation......Page 22
Wednesday, June 22nd 4. Bi-/multilateral agreements......Page 25
5. Conservation and environmental issues......Page 26
Thursday, June 23rd 6. Workshop on population inventory and assessment techniques......Page 31
8. Status report......Page 34
7. Issues pertaining to the Agreement......Page 35
9. Resolutions......Page 36
16. Closing remarks and adjournment......Page 37
Status and distribution......Page 38
References......Page 54
3. Status of the Western Hudson Bay (WH) population analysis The IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group......Page 62
5. Risks to polar bears from arctic shipping The IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group......Page 63
6. Wrangel Island nature reserve and other protected areas The IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group......Page 64
Press Release......Page 66
Polar bear management in Alaska 2000–2004......Page 68
Polar bear kills......Page 69
Population status and trend......Page 72
Marine Mammal Protection Act......Page 76
International treaties and conventions......Page 80
References......Page 81
Polar bear research in Alaska......Page 82
Western Hudson Bay population analysis......Page 83
Using radiotelemetry to allocate harvests among polar bear stocks occupying the Beaufort Sea Region......Page 86
Estimating potential effects of hypothetical oil spills on polar bears......Page 89
Detecting denning polar bears with Forward-Looking Infrared Imagery (FLIR)......Page 91
Polar bear maternal den habitat on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska......Page 93
Northern Alaska polar bear den site behaviour and response to human disturbance......Page 95
Assessment of industrial sounds and vibrations received in artificial polar bear dens, Flaxman Island, Alaska......Page 97
Intraspecific killings and cannibalism among polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea......Page 99
Establishing paternity with genetic fingerprinting......Page 100
Winter diet of Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears: the importance of bowhead whales inferred from stable isotope analysis......Page 101
Influence of diet on biomagnification of organochlorine pollutants in polar bears......Page 102
Emerging organic contaminants in blood and adipose of Alaska polar bears and relationship with haematological-based effects asse......Page 103
Status report on polar bear subpopulations within and shared by Canada......Page 106
Polar bear kills by jurisdiction......Page 113
Management Boards and Resource User Groups......Page 116
Agencies and Committees......Page 117
References......Page 121
Subpopulation delineation, estimation and modelling......Page 122
Long-term monitoring and ecosystem change......Page 125
Other ecological studies......Page 126
Genetics......Page 131
Research techniques......Page 133
Disease......Page 135
Deterrent studies......Page 136
Data management......Page 137
Introduction of quotas......Page 138
Management plans for polar bears......Page 139
Pollution studies......Page 140
The “Piniarneq” system......Page 145
References......Page 147
Management......Page 150
Research......Page 153
Priorities for polar bear research in Norway......Page 155
Management......Page 158
Research......Page 159
Wrangel Island......Page 162
Chukotka Arctic coast......Page 166
Discussion......Page 167
References......Page 168
Materials and methods......Page 172
Results......Page 173
Discussion......Page 174
Line transect estimate of the subpopulation size of polar bears in the Barents Sea......Page 178
References......Page 179
Appendix 1......Page 182
Clarification of the need for special protection measures for female polar bears......Page 184
Appendix 3......Page 186
Appendix 4......Page 194
Occasional Papers of the IUCN Species Survival Commission......Page 196